To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=87892 Issue #|87892 Summary|Failure in setting permissions for OOo File Associatio |ns in Registry Component|Installation Version|OOo 2.4.0 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|dutchgemini
------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Apr 4 19:56:44 +0000 2008 ------- I have installed OOo 2.4.0 (Italian, file name OOo_2.4.0_Win32Intel_install_wJRE_it.exe) on top of 2.3.1 (Italian). Everything went fine and I was able to use it without problems. Since I run multiple accounts on my XP Home SP2 Italian PC (I am Administrator, the others are Users), when I entered my wife's account I noticed that all the OOo file associations were gone (instead of showing the OpenOffice icons or saying it was an OpenOffice Document type, it simply said "ODT File"). OOo was available on the Start menu and ran fine, and I could read/write files created previously without problems. But I could not open any OOo file from Windows Explorer. Thinking about an installer mistake, first repaired and then did the installation again but without success. I uninstalled and reinstalled without success either. I also tried (in the failing account) to re-associate the ODT file to OOo's Writer but it didn't work, Windows did not even save it. Finally I discovered the problem: the OOo 2.4.0 Windows Installation fails to register the file extensions correctly, or better said, does not add the correct permissions to the registry entries. The file association entry in the registry is usually installed with sufficient permissions for letting all accounts read the keys and as such you normally find entries like 'Administrators', 'CREATOR OWNER', 'SYSTEM' and 'Users' (seen this looking for instance at \\HKCR\.pdf). The installer of OOo 2.4.0, instead, sets permissions only for 'Administrator' and 'SYSTEM', failing to add 'CREATOR OWNER' but the biggest problem is that 'Users' is also missing. Therefore, no other account apart from the 'Administrators' group can read (or set) the file associations for OOo. I scanned many OOo entries and ALL of them have the same problem. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
