Bug 444153

Summary:	Can't open .exe files anymore, "security measure".
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	retired <pepko94>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal	CC:	alexander.lohnau, kfm-devel
Priority:	NOR
Version:	21.08.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	screenshot with an error

Description retired 2021-10-20 20:58:00 UTC

Today I wanted to play an old game, so I went to the directory with dolphin, double clicking causes an error.
"For security reasons, launching executables is not allowed in this context."

Why? That's what "executable" file property is for. Is this intentional?
If yes, then why again?

Comment 1 Alexander Lohnau 2021-10-21 18:41:52 UTC

Could you please say where the dir is located and what the file permissions are?

Comment 2 retired 2021-10-21 20:43:00 UTC

Phew, so it's not a new feature then.

Well, I can't open any files with double clicking, some are in my home area, some under /media subfolders.

/home is on ext4
/media runs on xfs



Example file from /home/me/documents/game/
drwxr-xr-x 12 me me      4096 2021-02-14   game
-rwxrwxrwx 1 me me 14383616 2005-06-07   gta_sa.exe

Example file from /media/steam/Doom 3/
drwxr-xr-x  6 pepko pepko  210 2020-03-06  'Doom 3'
-rwxr-xr-x 1 me me 5840896 2020-03-01  Doom3.exe


Those files open if I do "open with" from context menu, however there seems to be some regression in how wine loads shared libraries. Which may be unrelated.

Comment 3 retired 2021-10-21 20:47:52 UTC

Created attachment 142744 [details]
screenshot with an error

That's what I get from dolphin output when trying to start an .exe:

kf.service.services: KApplicationTrader: mimeType "x-scheme-handler/file" not found

Comment 4 retired 2021-10-21 20:49:37 UTC

Is that a duplicate of https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=442721 ?

Comment 5 retired 2021-10-21 22:29:59 UTC

It started working on a new user account. Must be something to do with my crusty profile.
Marking as worksforme, I guess it's time to rebuild my home directory again.