To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=49795 Issue #:|49795 Summary:|Can't launch any program from windows Component:|Installation Version:|OOo 2.0 Beta Platform:|PC URL:| OS/Version:|Windows XP Status:|UNCONFIRMED Status whiteboard:| Keywords:| Resolution:| Issue type:|DEFECT Priority:|P1 Subcomponent:|code Assigned to:|of Reported by:|mdebene
------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue May 24 09:20:51 -0700 2005 ------- This is a *very* bad bug. And I do not know if this is wholly related to Open office but I strongly think so. I installed with success the last beta release of OO 1.9 m104 on my pc running XP with the latest service pack installed. I then realised that the icon in my quick launch menu were pointing to the previous installation of OO and not to the one that I had just installed. I then changed under the properties of the quick-launch button to point to the newly installed version of OO. From then on all the hell broke lose. If I tried to launch any program (start menu, icons on the desktop, from the proper folder etc...) the OS thought that the file with extension .exe was associated with OO and then tried to open it with open office. I eventually managed to uninstall OO (not very easy because also the uninstall program was recognised as an OO document) but nothing really changed for me because now when I click on a program I just get windows asking me with which program I want to open it. Now I can do something because there are 2 ways I can launch my programs. 1) If i click with the right hand button and then select 'run as...' 2) I can launch -using a .bat file- the command window and then from within it I can launch the programs. (this is the best way to do it because some programs such as matlab do not see the license file if launched the first way) The programs can not be launched using the 'run...' button in the start menu. I haven't yet tried what happens if I log on as another user. Of course this is most annoying and I just do not want to re-install the OS from scratch. Please help me also to solve my situation as I have discussed it with the all the computer experts in my organization and they all agree that they have never come across such a mess. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
