https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=170932
Bug ID: 170932
Summary: No GUI when enabling headless mode on Windows
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 26.8.0.0 alpha0+ master
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: LibreOffice
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Description:
When enabling headless mode build on Windows, LibreOffice GUI does not display.
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Build LibreOffice from sources on Windows by adding these configuration
options:
--enable-headless
--without-system-fontconfig
--without-system-freetype
2. Verify that you can use LibreOffice for headless conversion, for example:
$ instdir/program/soffice --convert-to pdf ios/welcome.odt
3. Try open LibreOffice GUI:
$ instdir/program/soffice
Actual Results:
LibreOffice GUI does not start. Control goes back to the shell prompt after a
few seconds
Expected Results:
LibreOffice GUI should be displayed, even with --enable-headless configuration
option
Reproducible: Always
User Profile Reset: No
Additional Info:
More detailed are discussed here:
LibreOffice headless mode on Windows
https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libreoffice/2026-February/094246.html
The test is done with the latest LO 25.8 dev master. But pasting detailed
LibreOffice version information is not possible as the GUI does not open.
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