Ahh yes, I now see the -net flag in the SETUP_GUIDE.pdf that's
distributed with the package. But, I guarantee that 99% of people
installing on windows haven't done that. A command line argument to
an installer in windows is quite uncommon.
Anyway, I still think this is a bug. If the Bootstrap isn't supported
by OOo 1.x, shouldn't it ignore 1.x installations?
mike
--- Mathias Bauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Mike Traum wrote:
>
> > OK, that methodology makes sense. But, the problem is is that Oo
> > 1.1.4 (and I would assume previous versions) installation does
> not
> > give you the choice to install for the system or for your user
> and
> > will always install it for your user. Oo 1.9 does give your this
> > choice and defaults to system. So, I think many people will be
> > experiencing this problem. (I'm testing against Windows XP Pro
> and
> > installing both 1.1 and 1.9 under the same user, which has admin
> > rights).
>
> If you install OOo1.x with -net it should install for system, not
> for
> user. Or does my memory fool me here?!
>
> The installation with "-net" is the recommended default
> installation for
> OOo1.x.
>
> > BTW, why is that exception thrown? It seems to me that even if
> it's
> > finding the 1.1 installation, it should work. Does Oo 1.1 not
> support
> > the Bootstrap? Is the Bootstrap not backward compatible? If it's
> > either of these, shouldn't the Bootstrap search HKEY_CURRENT_USER
> and
> > if it can't find a compatible version, search HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE?
>
> OOo1.x does not support the new bootstrap mechanism, so it fails.
>
> Ciao,
> Mathias
>
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