https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=155724
Bug ID: 155724
Summary: -env:UserInstallation= broken on Windows
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 7.5.3.2 release
Hardware: All
OS: Windows (All)
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: Installation
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
The documented UserInstallation mechanism for specifying a profile directory
does not work on Windows. I think the reason is that 'UserInstallation' is
defined in "C:\Program Files\LibreOffice\program\bootstrap.ini" and it can not
be over-ridden with an environment variable or using the documented command
line option -env:UserInstallation=file://...
Can LO be made to ignore the setting in .ini if the user explicitly over-rides
it with a command line option?
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This prevents safely using LO as a batch tool to convert files (--convert-to
option etc.) because if the user has an interactive session running then random
aborts will occur.
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/UserProfile says the following will start
LO with a different user profile:
For Windows: soffice.com -env:UserInstallation=file:///c:/my-test-profile
Initially, that fails because .../program/ was not registered by the installer
to be in PATH, so "soffice.com" is not found.
If the fully-qualified path is specified, then a pop-up error says
The application cannot be started.
The configuration file "C:\Program Files\LibreOffice\program\bootstrap.ini"
is corrupt.
That .ini file does contain
"C:\Program Files\LibreOffice\program\bootstrap.ini"
which seems to cause this conflict.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE:
1. Using Vim or Notepad, create a file "test.bad" containing the following two
lines (change the paths appropriately):
mkdir "C:\Users\Admin0\AppData\Local\Temp\TestProfile"
"C:\Program Files\LibreOffice\program\soffice.com"
"-env:UserInstallation=file://C:\Users\Admin0\AppData\Local\Temp\TestProfile"
2. Type the name/path of the script (e.g. "test.bat")
RESULTS: The "corrupted" error pop-up appears and LO stalls waiting for the
user to click ok.
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Note: There is no such problem on Linux.
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