Re: OT: Re: File [not] deleted

2021-12-15 Thread Russ Munk
You may find Quick Launch a better solution than pinning documents to 
the task bar or start menu. See

How to Add Quick Launch toolbar in Windows 10
https://mywindowshub.com/add-quick-launch-toolbar-windows-10/
- Russ

On 12/14/2021 2:10 PM, ACG wrote:
Correct the wail of many a Scottish school student despite being 
caught redhanded

"It was not me"

/À nos devoirs/: (French, meaning: to the business at hand)

I am running Windows 10 (machine too old to upgrade, sadly) and I have 
a short-cut to OO writer on the start menu.
It shows recent documents and here you can pin individual items to the 
menu - so they will stay there even if otherwise they would have 
dropped off the top 10 (or however many it is).


At any one time I will have a small number of documents I am referring 
to from time to time - so I will pin them for a period and then when 
the project has reached a conclusion (eg I have put the paper up 
online) then I will unpin it and in due course it will slide back into 
oblivion (ie the folder where I put it in the first place). Because 
the topics I am writing about overlap it is sometimes hard to make a 
clear and sensible choice as to which folder should be their home (and 
often this means going up several layers of nesting before descending 
as many again etc - which is why Brian's comments (below) while 
drôle are not actually apposite.


My remarks were primarily aimed at the list on the start menu. An 
upgrade to OO voided this list altogether and if I then opened the 
document via the recent documents frop down menu within the program 
itself this was not enough to put it back on the start menu recent 
document list.
Only by going to the file itself and invoking OO writer by clicking on 
the file in question would it then be recognised and placed on the 
start menu recent list.


Although I was very annoyed at the time - and it took a while to work 
out what was going on - I am no masochist, so I have not recreated the 
problem for myself. However on occasion I have had to open a document 
from the RD menu in the program and then start the Save As process to 
establish where it is located. I can then go to the correct folder and 
open it /ab initio/ from there - putting it onto the start menu  RD 
list so that I can then pin it if required.


Returning to Brian's remark: we all know what happens to memory 
(computer and human) as it gets full: search time increases 
asymptotically. Such brain as I have left is far too valuable to be 
cluttered with car keys (always put them back in their place or there 
is serious trouble) or document folders.


Adrian



On 14/12/2021 00:03, Dave wrote:

Thanks David,

For a short period of time I lived in Scotland and really enjoyed that
time, except that I could never fully understand what those fantastic
Scottish folks were saying to me :)

Dave

On 13/12/2021 23:43, David Robley wrote:
S ut wisnae me sounds like a Scots(?) accent "so it was nae 
[not] me"


On 14/12/21 10:13 am, Dave wrote:

Yes, apologies, I clicked send before checking all aspects of the
message to be sent.

Sorry, I don't understand the shorthand:
"S ut wisnae me."

Look forward to your reply tomorrow.

Dave

 Original Message 
From: ACG [mailto:freuc...@idnet.com]
Sent: Monday, December 13, 2021, 23:34 UTC
To:users@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: File [not] deleted


Err Dave it was your message to me which was off list.
S ut wisnae me.

Too tired now, will try to answer tomorrow...

Adrian

On 13/12/2021 23:08, Moderator wrote:

Hi Adrian,

Can we please keep this ON-LIST.

IF you are so so fully aware of these things, why do you still 
believe
that the software should be expected to continuously track 
EVERYTHING

across your entire OS file system and and continuously rebuild this
simplistic pointer/shortcut list.

You provide ZERO evidence that that some "unidentified" update 
"wiped"

the "recent documents" list. Even though that may be true, because
software, especially updates, can produce unpredictable results, 
anyone

who chooses relies entirely on some weak, simplistic archive record
outside of the OS, must accept the consequences of their choice.

For the benefit of others reading this and may be interested, can 
you

please describe your "work around"?

Dave

 



*From:* ACG [mailto:freuc...@idnet.com]
*Sent:* Monday, December 13, 2021, 22:42 UTC
*To:* Dave
*Subject:* File [not] deleted


Thanks, Dave, but I am fully aware of these things.
The fact is that following an update the recent documents list was
wiped. That includes pinned documents.
It is also the case that there are circumstances where the way you
open a file may or may not trigger it being registered on the 
"recent

documents" list.
Because I do understand these things I have been able to work 
around

it - but it is a faff.

Adrian

On 13/12/2021 22:32, Dave wrote:

 

Re: OT: Re: File [not] deleted

2021-12-14 Thread ACG
Correct the wail of many a Scottish school student despite being 
caught redhanded

"It was not me"

/À nos devoirs/: (French, meaning: to the business at hand)

I am running Windows 10 (machine too old to upgrade, sadly) and I have a 
short-cut to OO writer on the start menu.
It shows recent documents and here you can pin individual items to the 
menu - so they will stay there even if otherwise they would have dropped 
off the top 10 (or however many it is).


At any one time I will have a small number of documents I am referring 
to from time to time - so I will pin them for a period and then when the 
project has reached a conclusion (eg I have put the paper up online) 
then I will unpin it and in due course it will slide back into oblivion 
(ie the folder where I put it in the first place). Because the topics I 
am writing about overlap it is sometimes hard to make a clear and 
sensible choice as to which folder should be their home (and often this 
means going up several layers of nesting before descending as many again 
etc - which is why Brian's comments (below) while drôle are not 
actually apposite.


My remarks were primarily aimed at the list on the start menu. An 
upgrade to OO voided this list altogether and if I then opened the 
document via the recent documents frop down menu within the program 
itself this was not enough to put it back on the start menu recent 
document list.
Only by going to the file itself and invoking OO writer by clicking on 
the file in question would it then be recognised and placed on the start 
menu recent list.


Although I was very annoyed at the time - and it took a while to work 
out what was going on - I am no masochist, so I have not recreated the 
problem for myself. However on occasion I have had to open a document 
from the RD menu in the program and then start the Save As process to 
establish where it is located. I can then go to the correct folder and 
open it /ab initio/ from there - putting it onto the start menu  RD list 
so that I can then pin it if required.


Returning to Brian's remark: we all know what happens to memory 
(computer and human) as it gets full: search time increases 
asymptotically. Such brain as I have left is far too valuable to be 
cluttered with car keys (always put them back in their place or there is 
serious trouble) or document folders.


Adrian



On 14/12/2021 00:03, Dave wrote:

Thanks David,

For a short period of time I lived in Scotland and really enjoyed that
time, except that I could never fully understand what those fantastic
Scottish folks were saying to me :)

Dave

On 13/12/2021 23:43, David Robley wrote:

S ut wisnae me sounds like a Scots(?) accent "so it was nae [not] me"

On 14/12/21 10:13 am, Dave wrote:

Yes, apologies, I clicked send before checking all aspects of the
message to be sent.

Sorry, I don't understand the shorthand:
"S ut wisnae me."

Look forward to your reply tomorrow.

Dave

 Original Message 
From: ACG [mailto:freuc...@idnet.com]
Sent: Monday, December 13, 2021, 23:34 UTC
To:users@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: File [not] deleted


Err Dave it was your message to me which was off list.
S ut wisnae me.

Too tired now, will try to answer tomorrow...

Adrian

On 13/12/2021 23:08, Moderator wrote:

Hi Adrian,

Can we please keep this ON-LIST.

IF you are so so fully aware of these things, why do you still believe
that the software should be expected to continuously track EVERYTHING
across your entire OS file system and and continuously rebuild this
simplistic pointer/shortcut list.

You provide ZERO evidence that that some "unidentified" update "wiped"
the "recent documents" list. Even though that may be true, because
software, especially updates, can produce unpredictable results, anyone
who chooses relies entirely on some weak, simplistic archive record
outside of the OS, must accept the consequences of their choice.

For the benefit of others reading this and may be interested, can you
please describe your "work around"?

Dave



*From:* ACG [mailto:freuc...@idnet.com]
*Sent:* Monday, December 13, 2021, 22:42 UTC
*To:* Dave
*Subject:* File [not] deleted


Thanks, Dave, but I am fully aware of these things.
The fact is that following an update the recent documents list was
wiped. That includes pinned documents.
It is also the case that there are circumstances where the way you
open a file may or may not trigger it being registered on the "recent
documents" list.
Because I do understand these things I have been able to work around
it - but it is a faff.

Adrian

On 13/12/2021 22:32, Dave wrote:

 Original Message 
From: ACG [mailto:freuc...@idnet.com]
Sent: Monday, December 13, 2021, 21:48 UTC
To:users@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: File [not] deleted


On 13/12/2021 21:39, Brian Barker wrote:

At 14:29 13/12/2021 +, Adrian Grant wrote:

It's a bit of a 

Re: OT: Re: File [not] deleted

2021-12-13 Thread Dave
Thanks David,

For a short period of time I lived in Scotland and really enjoyed that
time, except that I could never fully understand what those fantastic
Scottish folks were saying to me :)

Dave

On 13/12/2021 23:43, David Robley wrote:
> S ut wisnae me sounds like a Scots(?) accent "so it was nae [not] me"
> 
> On 14/12/21 10:13 am, Dave wrote:
>> Yes, apologies, I clicked send before checking all aspects of the
>> message to be sent.
>>
>> Sorry, I don't understand the shorthand:
>> "S ut wisnae me."
>>
>> Look forward to your reply tomorrow.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>  Original Message 
>> From: ACG [mailto:freuc...@idnet.com]
>> Sent: Monday, December 13, 2021, 23:34 UTC
>> To: users@openoffice.apache.org
>> Subject: File [not] deleted
>>
>>> Err Dave it was your message to me which was off list.
>>> S ut wisnae me.
>>>
>>> Too tired now, will try to answer tomorrow...
>>>
>>> Adrian
>>>
>>> On 13/12/2021 23:08, Moderator wrote:
 Hi Adrian,

 Can we please keep this ON-LIST.

 IF you are so so fully aware of these things, why do you still believe
 that the software should be expected to continuously track EVERYTHING
 across your entire OS file system and and continuously rebuild this
 simplistic pointer/shortcut list.

 You provide ZERO evidence that that some "unidentified" update "wiped"
 the "recent documents" list. Even though that may be true, because
 software, especially updates, can produce unpredictable results, anyone
 who chooses relies entirely on some weak, simplistic archive record
 outside of the OS, must accept the consequences of their choice.

 For the benefit of others reading this and may be interested, can you
 please describe your "work around"?

 Dave

 

 *From:* ACG [mailto:freuc...@idnet.com]
 *Sent:* Monday, December 13, 2021, 22:42 UTC
 *To:* Dave
 *Subject:* File [not] deleted

> Thanks, Dave, but I am fully aware of these things.
> The fact is that following an update the recent documents list was
> wiped. That includes pinned documents.
> It is also the case that there are circumstances where the way you
> open a file may or may not trigger it being registered on the "recent
> documents" list.
> Because I do understand these things I have been able to work around
> it - but it is a faff.
>
> Adrian
>
> On 13/12/2021 22:32, Dave wrote:
>>  Original Message 
>> From: ACG [mailto:freuc...@idnet.com]
>> Sent: Monday, December 13, 2021, 21:48 UTC
>> To: users@openoffice.apache.org
>> Subject: File [not] deleted
>>
>>> On 13/12/2021 21:39, Brian Barker wrote:
 At 14:29 13/12/2021 +, Adrian Grant wrote:
> It's a bit of a faff - and you have to remember where they [sc.
> your
> document files] all are ...
 It's funny that: I find the same applies to many other things,
 too. I
 have to remember where my keys are, my spectacles, my phone, my
 car,
 those tomatoes I bought yesterday - oh, and my document files.

 Brian Barker
>>> Très drôle - but having to repopulate a "recent documents" list is a
>>> pain
>>>
>>> Adrian Grant
>> You appear to be unaware of what the "recent documents" list is.
>> It is nothing more than a very simplistic record of files that were
>> previously opened/used by the software at some point in time. If
>> those
>> files have been relocated/deleted by anything outside of the
>> software's
>> control, the "recent documents" pointers/shortcuts to those locations
>> will be invalidated.
>> If you, as a user, choose to reconstruct/repopulate that list of
>> pointers/shortcuts that is your choice, but it is not something the
>> software should be expected to continuously track across your
>> entire OS
>> file system and continuously rebuild.
>> "In my NOT so humble opinion", for inexperienced computer/software
>> users
>> the "recent documents" list is the worst, most misleading and
>> confusing
>> thing ever added to the software. It is only useful if you genuinely
>> understand what it really is and how it functions.
>> -
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> 
> Cheers


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OT: Re: File [not] deleted

2021-12-13 Thread David Robley

S ut wisnae me sounds like a Scots(?) accent "so it was nae [not] me"

On 14/12/21 10:13 am, Dave wrote:

Yes, apologies, I clicked send before checking all aspects of the
message to be sent.

Sorry, I don't understand the shorthand:
"S ut wisnae me."

Look forward to your reply tomorrow.

Dave

 Original Message 
From: ACG [mailto:freuc...@idnet.com]
Sent: Monday, December 13, 2021, 23:34 UTC
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: File [not] deleted


Err Dave it was your message to me which was off list.
S ut wisnae me.

Too tired now, will try to answer tomorrow...

Adrian

On 13/12/2021 23:08, Moderator wrote:

Hi Adrian,

Can we please keep this ON-LIST.

IF you are so so fully aware of these things, why do you still believe
that the software should be expected to continuously track EVERYTHING
across your entire OS file system and and continuously rebuild this
simplistic pointer/shortcut list.

You provide ZERO evidence that that some "unidentified" update "wiped"
the "recent documents" list. Even though that may be true, because
software, especially updates, can produce unpredictable results, anyone
who chooses relies entirely on some weak, simplistic archive record
outside of the OS, must accept the consequences of their choice.

For the benefit of others reading this and may be interested, can you
please describe your "work around"?

Dave


*From:* ACG [mailto:freuc...@idnet.com]
*Sent:* Monday, December 13, 2021, 22:42 UTC
*To:* Dave
*Subject:* File [not] deleted


Thanks, Dave, but I am fully aware of these things.
The fact is that following an update the recent documents list was
wiped. That includes pinned documents.
It is also the case that there are circumstances where the way you
open a file may or may not trigger it being registered on the "recent
documents" list.
Because I do understand these things I have been able to work around
it - but it is a faff.

Adrian

On 13/12/2021 22:32, Dave wrote:

 Original Message 
From: ACG [mailto:freuc...@idnet.com]
Sent: Monday, December 13, 2021, 21:48 UTC
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: File [not] deleted


On 13/12/2021 21:39, Brian Barker wrote:

At 14:29 13/12/2021 +, Adrian Grant wrote:

It's a bit of a faff - and you have to remember where they [sc. your
document files] all are ...

It's funny that: I find the same applies to many other things, too. I
have to remember where my keys are, my spectacles, my phone, my car,
those tomatoes I bought yesterday - oh, and my document files.

Brian Barker

Très drôle - but having to repopulate a "recent documents" list is a
pain

Adrian Grant

You appear to be unaware of what the "recent documents" list is.
It is nothing more than a very simplistic record of files that were
previously opened/used by the software at some point in time. If those
files have been relocated/deleted by anything outside of the software's
control, the "recent documents" pointers/shortcuts to those locations
will be invalidated.
If you, as a user, choose to reconstruct/repopulate that list of
pointers/shortcuts that is your choice, but it is not something the
software should be expected to continuously track across your entire OS
file system and continuously rebuild.
"In my NOT so humble opinion", for inexperienced computer/software
users
the "recent documents" list is the worst, most misleading and confusing
thing ever added to the software. It is only useful if you genuinely
understand what it really is and how it functions.

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Re: File [not] deleted

2021-12-13 Thread Dave


Yes, apologies, I clicked send before checking all aspects of the
message to be sent.

Sorry, I don't understand the shorthand:
"S ut wisnae me."

Look forward to your reply tomorrow.

Dave

 Original Message 
From: ACG [mailto:freuc...@idnet.com]
Sent: Monday, December 13, 2021, 23:34 UTC
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: File [not] deleted

> Err Dave it was your message to me which was off list.
> S ut wisnae me.
> 
> Too tired now, will try to answer tomorrow...
> 
> Adrian
> 
> On 13/12/2021 23:08, Moderator wrote:
>> Hi Adrian,
>>
>> Can we please keep this ON-LIST.
>>
>> IF you are so so fully aware of these things, why do you still believe
>> that the software should be expected to continuously track EVERYTHING
>> across your entire OS file system and and continuously rebuild this
>> simplistic pointer/shortcut list.
>>
>> You provide ZERO evidence that that some "unidentified" update "wiped"
>> the "recent documents" list. Even though that may be true, because
>> software, especially updates, can produce unpredictable results, anyone
>> who chooses relies entirely on some weak, simplistic archive record
>> outside of the OS, must accept the consequences of their choice.
>>
>> For the benefit of others reading this and may be interested, can you
>> please describe your "work around"?
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> 
>> *From:* ACG [mailto:freuc...@idnet.com]
>> *Sent:* Monday, December 13, 2021, 22:42 UTC
>> *To:* Dave
>> *Subject:* File [not] deleted
>>
>>> Thanks, Dave, but I am fully aware of these things.
>>> The fact is that following an update the recent documents list was
>>> wiped. That includes pinned documents.
>>> It is also the case that there are circumstances where the way you
>>> open a file may or may not trigger it being registered on the "recent
>>> documents" list.
>>> Because I do understand these things I have been able to work around
>>> it - but it is a faff.
>>>
>>> Adrian
>>>
>>> On 13/12/2021 22:32, Dave wrote:
  Original Message 
 From: ACG [mailto:freuc...@idnet.com]
 Sent: Monday, December 13, 2021, 21:48 UTC
 To: users@openoffice.apache.org
 Subject: File [not] deleted

> On 13/12/2021 21:39, Brian Barker wrote:
>> At 14:29 13/12/2021 +, Adrian Grant wrote:
>>> It's a bit of a faff - and you have to remember where they [sc. your
>>> document files] all are ...
>> It's funny that: I find the same applies to many other things, too. I
>> have to remember where my keys are, my spectacles, my phone, my car,
>> those tomatoes I bought yesterday - oh, and my document files.
>>
>> Brian Barker
> Très drôle - but having to repopulate a "recent documents" list is a
> pain
>
> Adrian Grant
 You appear to be unaware of what the "recent documents" list is.
 It is nothing more than a very simplistic record of files that were
 previously opened/used by the software at some point in time. If those
 files have been relocated/deleted by anything outside of the software's
 control, the "recent documents" pointers/shortcuts to those locations
 will be invalidated.
 If you, as a user, choose to reconstruct/repopulate that list of
 pointers/shortcuts that is your choice, but it is not something the
 software should be expected to continuously track across your entire OS
 file system and continuously rebuild.
 "In my NOT so humble opinion", for inexperienced computer/software
 users
 the "recent documents" list is the worst, most misleading and confusing
 thing ever added to the software. It is only useful if you genuinely
 understand what it really is and how it functions.

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Re: File [not] deleted

2021-12-13 Thread ACG

Err Dave it was your message to me which was off list.
S ut wisnae me.

Too tired now, will try to answer tomorrow...

Adrian

On 13/12/2021 23:08, Moderator wrote:

Hi Adrian,

Can we please keep this ON-LIST.

IF you are so so fully aware of these things, why do you still believe
that the software should be expected to continuously track EVERYTHING
across your entire OS file system and and continuously rebuild this
simplistic pointer/shortcut list.

You provide ZERO evidence that that some "unidentified" update "wiped"
the "recent documents" list. Even though that may be true, because
software, especially updates, can produce unpredictable results, anyone
who chooses relies entirely on some weak, simplistic archive record
outside of the OS, must accept the consequences of their choice.

For the benefit of others reading this and may be interested, can you
please describe your "work around"?

Dave


*From:* ACG [mailto:freuc...@idnet.com]
*Sent:* Monday, December 13, 2021, 22:42 UTC
*To:* Dave
*Subject:* File [not] deleted


Thanks, Dave, but I am fully aware of these things.
The fact is that following an update the recent documents list was
wiped. That includes pinned documents.
It is also the case that there are circumstances where the way you
open a file may or may not trigger it being registered on the "recent
documents" list.
Because I do understand these things I have been able to work around
it - but it is a faff.

Adrian

On 13/12/2021 22:32, Dave wrote:

 Original Message 
From: ACG [mailto:freuc...@idnet.com]
Sent: Monday, December 13, 2021, 21:48 UTC
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: File [not] deleted


On 13/12/2021 21:39, Brian Barker wrote:

At 14:29 13/12/2021 +, Adrian Grant wrote:

It's a bit of a faff - and you have to remember where they [sc. your
document files] all are ...

It's funny that: I find the same applies to many other things, too. I
have to remember where my keys are, my spectacles, my phone, my car,
those tomatoes I bought yesterday - oh, and my document files.

Brian Barker

Très drôle - but having to repopulate a "recent documents" list is a
pain

Adrian Grant

You appear to be unaware of what the "recent documents" list is.
It is nothing more than a very simplistic record of files that were
previously opened/used by the software at some point in time. If those
files have been relocated/deleted by anything outside of the software's
control, the "recent documents" pointers/shortcuts to those locations
will be invalidated.
If you, as a user, choose to reconstruct/repopulate that list of
pointers/shortcuts that is your choice, but it is not something the
software should be expected to continuously track across your entire OS
file system and continuously rebuild.
"In my NOT so humble opinion", for inexperienced computer/software users
the "recent documents" list is the worst, most misleading and confusing
thing ever added to the software. It is only useful if you genuinely
understand what it really is and how it functions.





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Re: File [not] deleted

2021-12-13 Thread Moderator
Hi Adrian,

Can we please keep this ON-LIST.

IF you are so so fully aware of these things, why do you still believe
that the software should be expected to continuously track EVERYTHING
across your entire OS file system and and continuously rebuild this
simplistic pointer/shortcut list.

You provide ZERO evidence that that some "unidentified" update "wiped"
the "recent documents" list. Even though that may be true, because
software, especially updates, can produce unpredictable results, anyone
who chooses relies entirely on some weak, simplistic archive record
outside of the OS, must accept the consequences of their choice.

For the benefit of others reading this and may be interested, can you
please describe your "work around"?

Dave


*From:* ACG [mailto:freuc...@idnet.com]
*Sent:* Monday, December 13, 2021, 22:42 UTC
*To:* Dave
*Subject:* File [not] deleted

> Thanks, Dave, but I am fully aware of these things.
> The fact is that following an update the recent documents list was
> wiped. That includes pinned documents.
> It is also the case that there are circumstances where the way you
> open a file may or may not trigger it being registered on the "recent
> documents" list.
> Because I do understand these things I have been able to work around
> it - but it is a faff.
>
> Adrian
>
> On 13/12/2021 22:32, Dave wrote:
>>  Original Message 
>> From: ACG [mailto:freuc...@idnet.com]
>> Sent: Monday, December 13, 2021, 21:48 UTC
>> To: users@openoffice.apache.org
>> Subject: File [not] deleted
>>
>>> On 13/12/2021 21:39, Brian Barker wrote:
 At 14:29 13/12/2021 +, Adrian Grant wrote:
> It's a bit of a faff - and you have to remember where they [sc. your
> document files] all are ...
 It's funny that: I find the same applies to many other things, too. I
 have to remember where my keys are, my spectacles, my phone, my car,
 those tomatoes I bought yesterday - oh, and my document files.

 Brian Barker
>>> Très drôle - but having to repopulate a "recent documents" list is a
>>> pain
>>>
>>> Adrian Grant
>> You appear to be unaware of what the "recent documents" list is.
>> It is nothing more than a very simplistic record of files that were
>> previously opened/used by the software at some point in time. If those
>> files have been relocated/deleted by anything outside of the software's
>> control, the "recent documents" pointers/shortcuts to those locations
>> will be invalidated.
>> If you, as a user, choose to reconstruct/repopulate that list of
>> pointers/shortcuts that is your choice, but it is not something the
>> software should be expected to continuously track across your entire OS
>> file system and continuously rebuild.
>> "In my NOT so humble opinion", for inexperienced computer/software users
>> the "recent documents" list is the worst, most misleading and confusing
>> thing ever added to the software. It is only useful if you genuinely
>> understand what it really is and how it functions.
>>
>
>


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Re: File [not] deleted

2021-12-13 Thread Brian Barker

At 21:48 13/12/2021 +, Adrian Grant wrote:

Très drôle - but having to repopulate a "recent documents" list is a pain


It's perhaps worth saying that the Recent 
Documents list will be saved in the user's 
OpenOffice user profile, so the loss of it will 
be caused by corruption or loss of that profile. 
In that case, OpenOffice will create a fresh, 
empty profile the next time it is started - which 
will be evidenced by the request for the user's 
name and so on, as would have been the case on 
first use. And the most likely case of corruption 
of the user profile is powering off the computer 
before it has completed properly shutting down.


Brian Barker 



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2021-12-13 Thread ACG

On 13/12/2021 21:39, Brian Barker wrote:

At 14:29 13/12/2021 +, Adrian Grant wrote:
It's a bit of a faff - and you have to remember where they [sc. your 
document files] all are ...


It's funny that: I find the same applies to many other things, too. I 
have to remember where my keys are, my spectacles, my phone, my car, 
those tomatoes I bought yesterday - oh, and my document files.


Brian Barker


Très drôle - but having to repopulate a "recent documents" list is a 
pain


Adrian Grant



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2021-12-13 Thread Brian Barker

At 14:29 13/12/2021 +, Adrian Grant wrote:
It's a bit of a faff - and you have to remember where they [sc. your 
document files] all are ...


It's funny that: I find the same applies to many other things, too. I 
have to remember where my keys are, my spectacles, my phone, my car, 
those tomatoes I bought yesterday - oh, and my document files.


Brian Barker  



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