@James, Interesting ...
I uninstalled LibreOffice 3.5.2.2 and installed 3.5.3.2 to have an install that was after the Apache OpenOffice 3.4 install. Libre Office 3.5.3.2 did claim the defaults of the ODF-format file-associations. *BUT* it left the associations for OpenOffice.org Writer, Calc, etc. (all leading to Apache OpenOffice 3.4.0). It also seems to have *ADDED* associations for .doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, etc., for itself, but without changing the defaults or removing any other associations. It also left the soffice.exe association (identified as LibreOffice 3.5) that I had created earlier, but I really don't need it now. Finally, I was not offered a dialog about making the Microsoft Office products the defaults at all, perhaps because associations already existed. I don't know, but I like how it worked. Is that cool or what? - Dennis -----Original Message----- From: James Knott [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 14:25 To: OpenOffice Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: File associations - LibreOffice and OpenOffice on Windows 7 James Knott wrote: > Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: >> You can try to add AOO associations manually, but it might not be >> effective. >> >> The problem is that LibreOffice, OpenOffice.org, and Apache >> OpenOffice all use the same (old Star Office) names for the >> individual application programs. Even if you succeed in having >> multiple swriter.exe associations, for example, you may have trouble >> telling them apart [;<). >> >> I think you already know how to do this, by using the Open With ... >> context-menu and take the "Choose Default Program" option. You'll >> have to find the installed files and select them. Perhaps even make >> it the default at first, although you can select the program and >> remove the check mark on "Always use the selected program ... ". >> >> Thereafter, they should all be offered in the Open With ... without >> having to be added. But I suspect this is where you might be >> frustrated. (This is how I add WinZip to all of the ODF and OOXML >> extension names so I can simplify document-forensic work.) > > Got it. You gave me the idea. Instead of going into the OpenOffice > folder and selecting, for example, swriter, I selected OpenOffice and > it now appears as a choice when I right click. It also now possible > to choose any of the three to be the default app. > > tnx jk > > I have found another way. Change the OpenOffice files to owriter etc. This way, OpenOffice Writer is displayed, instead of just OpenOffice.org 3.4, when right clicking. Perhaps creating a shortcut there may work too. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
