Ugly Sean wrote: > > Jean-Baptiste Faure wrote: >> Le 04.07.2009 05:47, Ugly Sean a écrit : >> >>> Is there a registry patch or some other setting to quickly restore this? >>> >>> >> >It's not a bug, it's a feature : to restore files associations install >> >the stable version 3.1. >> >Developer versions are build without system integration in order to not >> >destroy settings for stable versions. >> >> > How unfortunate. There is a text editor I use that seems to function in > a SIMILAR way. > It's easy to set file associations, even with the beta versions. > However, the betas are time-limited programs and are rendered > non-functional around the projected time of the stable release. > As with OOo they are by default installed in a separate directory. Also > as with OOo they are usually quite stable as is and I have no need to > have two working versions installed at once. > I was looking for a shortcut to setting the associations. Failing that I > guess I can > -Reinstall 3.2 DEV > - If that doesn't work then reinstall 3.1 and rip the relevant registry > entries before (IMHO) "upgrading" back to 3.2 DEV and reintroducing the > associations back to the registry. > I really am impressed and this seems to be the only real disappointment > I've had - one that I apparently have to put up with. > > I do, however, thank you for clarifying this for me.
If you want to have a system integration for your developer build, install it from the command line with setup.exe WRITE_REGISTRY=1 of (if you know how to work with the orca tool) set the WRITE_REGISTRY property in the OOo msi file to "1". Regards, Mathias -- Mathias Bauer (mba) - Project Lead OpenOffice.org Writer OpenOffice.org Engineering at Sun: http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS Please don't reply to "[email protected]". I use it for the OOo lists and only rarely read other mails sent to it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
