--- browser/locales/generic/profile/mimeTypes.rdf.orig	2010-04-07 11:37:32.000000000 +1200
+++ browser/locales/generic/profile/mimeTypes.rdf	2010-04-07 18:26:50.000000000 +1200
@@ -7,7 +7,13 @@
   <Description about="urn:mimetypes"> 
     <NC:MIME-types> 
       <Seq about="urn:mimetypes:root"> 
+        <RDF:li RDF:resource="urn:scheme:file"/>
       </Seq> 
+      <RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:scheme:handler:file"
+                       NC:alwaysAsk="false">
+        <NC:externalApplication RDF:resource="urn:scheme:externalApplication:file"/>
+        <NC:possibleApplication RDF:resource="urn:handler:local:/usr/bin/xdg-open"/>
+      </RDF:Description>
     </NC:MIME-types> 
   </Description> 
 </RDF>