On 10/27/2011 04:23, Harold Fuchs wrote:
I installed the new portable LO
(http://portableapps.com/apps/office/libreoffice_portable) on a USB
stick. When I try to run it, it complains that there is another copy
running. It seems that this is because OpenOffice's (non-portable)
Quickstarter is running on the machine. Of course, OOo's Quickstarter is
running for multiple users who happen to be logged on to the machine
(Win XP Pro) so, although I can kill mine, I can't kill the others.
Is it right that a *portable* version should be prevented from running
by a mere office application (not anti virus or lock-down software or
parental control or anything similar) installed on the machine? Is it
right that a *portable* program should be prevented from running by some
process owned by another *non-admin* user? Is it right that LO is
interfered with by OOo? Or is at least one of these a bug?
Why should I not be able to run LO and OOo at the same time on the same
machine?
Harold Fuchs
London, England
Harold,
If the situation were reversed, and a portable OO.o complained about an
installed LO running, I would consider that an OO.o problem: a portable
version has to allow for things like that, not just moan and die.
As a possible workaround, you might arrange with the system
administrator to try loading OO.o without Quickstarter, and see (a)
whether LO would be happy (maybe, maybe not); and (b) whether any
additional overhead would be acceptable (probably).
But, basically, this is an LO problem. Tell them about it.
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/tj/
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