Thanks Rory and Terry, et al.. Maybe I spoke too soon. I did encountered another strange problem when I opened an existing Writer file. Off and on I get this error message. "Runtime Error! "Program: C\ProgramFile\OpenOffice\soffice.bin "This application has requested the runtime to terminate in an unusual way." (When I click 'OK' on the Error message,or close the message box, Open Office quits. ) After a few more tries. OO.o writer opens an "untitled" file instead of the existing file that I wanted, followed by it also (finally) opening the existing file that I originally chose. This happens only when I open a file from my Library, not when I open OpenOffice and go through the splash page. ) (BTW - I've used Open office for nearly three years prior to this and never had a problem. These problems turned up after an automatic update to 3.3. I uninstalled it and downloaded a new copy of 3.1 but I still keep getting all these errors. What's up with that? Thanks.
On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 12:44 AM, Rory O'Farrell <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 2 Mar 2012 22:02:06 -0600 > Umberto Tosi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > It worked. My OO.o now is rogue-recovery function free! I'm able to open > > Open Office flawlessly --- via splash page or from an individual file. > > > > I followed Rory's suggestion and found the offending recovery.xcu file > > and deleted, though I had to go to the "more search options," because, > like > > you predicted, a straight search didn't find it. > > Thanks to all for you help. > > Is this problem due to a bug in Open Office? > > Should it be reported as such? Thanks again! > > In terms of Advanced or normal searching, as a long time computer user > (probably with many bad habits as a result) I would only ever search for > all files, including hidden and system files, so might not think to specify > that an advanced search was necessary. As far as I know, the recovery > mechanism has changed between OOo 3.1 and 3.3; in any event a bug, if it be > such, in such old releases is unlikely to be serviced. Why the file does > not sometimes deleted when the recovery is accepted or declined is > undetermined; it may be due to some form of user error. > > Normally such an error message is cured by deleteing or renaming the User > Profile, which seems to cure a large proportion of OOo peculiarities. In > the case of the advanced user of OOo, renaming the profile may > theoretically be best, as this allows the individual customisation files to > be brought forward individually to preserve customisation such as special > templates and dictionaries. To be honest, the only customisation I worry > about as a Writer user is the dictionaries; I have the OED dictionary > preserved in a download directory and can easily reinstall it; other > dictionaries are usually personal names, which vary from project to > project, and these dictionaries are easily rebuilt on need, so I'd simply > zap the Profile. > > May I recommend that you check the User Forum at > http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum if you have further > problems, be they configuration (as this one) or usage. To search the > Forum it is not necessary to register, although this must be done (as an > anti spam measure) if you wish to post a specific query. > > > -- > Rory O'Farrell <[email protected]> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- Umberto Tosi 805-258-1712 Books http://www.amazon.com/Umberto-Tosi/e/B002887QCW/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1 Reflections http://no2shrinkwrapthoughts.blogspot.com/ Einstein Express http://einsteinxpress.blogspot.com/ Dogs Ate My Manuscript http://zero2inifinity.blogspot.com/ Photonics - Illustrated Nanostories http://photonicfiction.blogspot.com/ *"If the world was perfect, it wouldn't be." * -- Yogi Berra.
