How do I change the default "file-type assocations to application" for every user on the system in the Gnome desktop?

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Release Found: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, all versions. This article is only applicable to the Gnome desktop.

File associations specify which application is responsible for opening a certain file type. For example a file that ends in "txt" would be opened with the "gedit" program by default.

Typically each user on a system would be respon...

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