Hi :) This link might help; https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/UserProfile
Renaming the profile, or backing it up before resetting it means you keep all your galleries and templates and stuff in a separate place. So you can copy stuff back into your fresh new profile if you want to. Regards from a Tom :) On Wed, 6 Feb 2019 13:20 Carl Paulsen <carlpaul...@comcast.net wrote: > Thanks for this suggestion. I'll try it next time I notice the problem > (which could be soon since I'm not convinced I've fixed it). > > Carl > > > On 2/4/19 8:09 PM, Girvin Herr wrote: > > Carl, > > > > I have experienced this endless auto-recovery on startup problem > > before. Whenever I got it, I "reset" my user profile and it stopped > > doing it. Offhand, I don't remember the exact steps to do that, but a > > search of this forum should turn up the procedure or maybe someone out > > there who knows it can give it to you. I have developed the process of > > occasionally saving the good profile in a directory somewhere so I can > > just copy it back to resolve such a problem and still keep my settings. > > > > HTH. > > > > Girvin Herr > > > > > > On 2/4/19 4:13 PM, Carl Paulsen wrote: > >> Windows 10. I think the LO version is either 6.1.4 or the previous > >> one. Note that earlier in the day I was struggling with the same > >> problems and saw that LO was telling me there was a new release. So > >> in desperation I upgraded, which I think was to 6.1.4. That computer > >> is down for the night but I can check again tomorrow. In any case > >> that didn't fix it. > >> > >> Note that I eventually got the system to work...sometimes. I had > >> de-registered the databases for my other issue, cleared the > >> auto-recovery, started working with new files and got them to work > >> sometimes. An example is a label document, where I saved the labels > >> as a LO Writer document with the merge fields in it, and merged to a > >> full sheet. That document continues to open with the auto-recover > >> for itself, whether I discard the recovery point or not. When it > >> opens it seems to work fine. > >> > >> With another document, a merge letter, I saved it with merge fields > >> in place. That one appears to open without the auto-recovery, though > >> this one opened with merge data in the place of the fields. And in > >> this case I at some point I exchanged databases so I could build a > >> merged file with a second data set. What seems like is happening is > >> the documents get saved and closed, and then there's some kind of > >> flag in the file that didn't get reset by the save, which marks it as > >> damaged/needing recovery. So it triggers the auto-recovery system > >> even when it's not needed. > >> > >> Carl > >> > >> > >> On 2/4/19 6:06 PM, Dan Lewis wrote: > >>> Two things are needed to help you: your version of LibreOffice, and > >>> your operating system. > >>> > >>> Dan > >>> > >>> On 2/4/19 4:43 PM, Carl Paulsen wrote: > >>>> I'm trying to create a mail merge document for a letter. I'm > >>>> adding fields directly to retain formatting control and NOT have to > >>>> deal with a text block which is how the wizard inserts addresses. > >>>> I've had some success after a LONG time trying to figure out how to > >>>> do this. Documentation is a bit lacking on this approach. > >>>> > >>>> The real problem is happening when I try to close and then reopen > >>>> the document. The file appears to close fine but when I try to > >>>> reopen it, LibreOffice seems to think the file is damaged. I can > >>>> recover and the file opens fine, but same thing happens when I try > >>>> to reopen again. I can also "discard" the auto-recovery which > >>>> should fix the auto-recover so it doesn't come up again, but in > >>>> fact it DOES. Even when discarding recovery points, the program > >>>> continues to think there's a problem with the file and re-opens the > >>>> auto recovery. > >>>> > >>>> I can't find any way to deal with this problem. BTW, it seems that > >>>> I finally figured out how to generate the merged letters, so I > >>>> assume the file is basically OK. But I still get the auto-recovery > >>>> screen. > >>>> > >>>> I'd love to get this to stop. It's a hassle, slows me down, and > >>>> doesn't show LO at it's best when I'm showing friends and clients. > >>>> > >>>> Carl > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> > > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
