Change default file manager: Nemo instead of Nautilus

[Aravisian]

@etkaar

I was happy that I could find it in the store (even if only called "Files" there)

That annoys me, too. Like Microsoft... "Files"... Bland name.
In this post, you can see how to change the Displayed Name back to Nemo:

Nemo renamed to Files and issue with dual pane

Yes, the displayed name is stored in the applications .desktop file. This is located in Root, so to change it, you must elevate to root. In terminal, elevate to root: sudo -i Launch the Nemo File Manager: nemo Tap the Up arrow icon on the toolbar twice or in the left pane, click on the file system entry. Now you are top level root - double click on /usr to begin following the path to: /usr/share/applications and scroll down to the Nemo.desktop file. To open a .desktop file, right cli…