To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=74844 Issue #|74844 Summary|Installation as Administrator breaks OOo extensions Component|Installation Version|OOo 2.1 Platform|PC URL| OS/Version|Windows XP Status|UNCONFIRMED Status whiteboard| Keywords| Resolution| Issue type|DEFECT Priority|P3 Subcomponent|code Assigned to|of Reported by|branco
------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Feb 25 05:20:19 +0000 2007 ------- If OOo is installed on a Windows XP machine under an administrative account (member of Administrators Group), AND the install is set to apply to "all users" on that PC, AND the account used to install OOo 2.1 is then demoted to an ordinary User Group account (non-administrator), AND you reboot, then the user can no longer access any of the OOo OpenDocument default file extensions (like ODT and ODS). My scenario for encountering this problem was that I don't like running Windows in Admin user mode (I'm an IT InfoSec professional). So I typically elevate my user account to Administrator Group for installation, then I demote myself back to plain User Group member. (I have other Administrator accounts that I don't use to run any programs). After doing this, I noticed that none of my OOo extensions worked. But as soon as I elevated my user account back to Admin level, the extensions worked fine. After unsuccessful attempts at tweaking my Windows registry, here's the workaround I figured out: 1) Uninstall OOo. 2) Re-install OOo and SELECT SINGLE USER OPTION. 3) Assuming you installed as an Admin user, you can then deminish yourself back to a user account, and voila! all the OOo links work as promised. Besides fixing my problem, this workaround also preserved all my OOo program settings, so I didn't have to recreat them. Cool beans. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
