Many thanks, Rory. I'll give all these suggestions a shot. Have a good weekend.
On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 1:30 AM, Rory O'Farrell <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, 3 Mar 2012 01:05:32 -0600 > Umberto Tosi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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. > > What version of Windows are you using? If Windows 7, either uninstall > Internet Explorer 9 (even if not used!) or do a repair installation of > OpenOffice and select _not_ to automatically check for updates. If Vista, > ditto for IE9 (IE8 is reinstalled automagically). If those suggestions > bring no improvement, I'd uninstall OOo (Revo Uninstaller at most > aggressive settings is normally recommended on the Forum), reboot the > computer, and now reinstall OOo. Some automatic backup utilities can cause > problems - I remember reports of Comodo, for example - if they touch the > OOo files while open. > > If uninstalling, do please ensure that your files are well backed up, and > in directories not part of the OOo structure, which they should never be > anyway. > > There are reported peculiarities attaching to opening an OOo file from its > icon, rather than the long way. Such peculiarities include undefined > language, I think; I can't remember what the others were. > > I'm off the air now - going to do Saturday things. > -- > 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.
