https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157534
Bug ID: 157534
Summary: LibreOffice programs won't start if portable
installation path has more than 77 characters
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 7.6.1.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64)
OS: Windows (All)
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: LibreOffice
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Description:
LibreOffice Writer will open if LibreOffice is in this directory for example:
X:\Portable Installations\0 = PortableApps\PortableApps\LibreOfficePortable
But not if it's in this directory:
X:\Portable Installations\0 = PortableApps
Platform\PortableApps\LibreOfficePortable
This is hardly a very long directory name so it's not reasonable that
LibreOffice programs won't start if the file path to the LibreOfficePortable
folder is over 77 characters.
If you try to open a program when it's in the above directory then it won't
open and will just give a meaningless crash report. The problem is caused by
too many characters in the file path to LibreOffice. It's not the amount of
directories that's the problem, it's the amount of characters in the path to
LibreOffice that prevents LibreOffice programs such as Writer from opening. If
the path has more than 77 characters then the programs won't open whether the
LibreOffice directory is within the PortableApps platform or not. I'm using
Windows 7 64bit with SP1
I spent a long time trying to fix this bug only to find out that it was just
too many characters in the file path. How many newcomers to LibreOffice have
you lost because of this silly bug that won't even allow them to open the
LibreOffice programs which just put people off of LibreOffice as they think the
software doesn't work?
Steps to Reproduce:
Open Writer.
Actual Results:
Writer won't open.
Expected Results:
Writer should open.
Reproducible: Always
User Profile Reset: No
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