Hi :) Yes, ZenWiz's description is much more accurate than mine for Windows. Usually the "dozens of different file types" is really mainly only 3 or so for most users. Installers usually end with a tick-box option to grab all possible file-types so that's the easiest way to get them all (including the rare ones). Regards from Tom :)
________________________________ From: Eli <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, 26 February, 2011 20:17:37 Subject: Re: Re: offlist [libreoffice-users] Icons changed in OOo after LO 3.3.1 install. The installation instructions for OOo4Kids say that you can have OOo4Kids and OOo on the same machine, but only one program will get the "file associations" that enable you to double-click on a document to open Writer, Calc, or whatever. Presumably we can go whole hog and install OOo4Kids, OOoLite, OOo, LibO, BrOffice, etc., on one machine, but only one of these automatically gets the file associations. Each suite steals all the associations (except for MS Word, Excel and Powerpoint if you reserved those). Therefore the last one installed rules the roost. When you think about it, this is the Right Way for it to work. ZenWiz's method works, but there are dozens of file types involved, and you may have to do it over again after an update or upgrade. It is simpler, and perhaps faster, to re-install the one you want to have the file associations. Have fun! On 2:59 pm, MR ZenWiz wrote: > On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 7:42 AM, Mark Stanton<[email protected]> wrote: >> This might be a "thread hijack" (sorry), but I've not been able to >> set LO to be my default for opening... Anything at all. Windows (XP >> Home) doesn't offer it to me at all, only OO. Yes, I do have both >> still installed, but... >> > Two possible solutions (in Windows Explorer): > > 1) Right-click on a file of the type you want to move from default OO > to LO, select "Open With" and "Choose Program..." then select LO and > be sure to check the box "Always use this program...." > > 2) Click "Tools" and "Folder options...", then click on the "File > Types" tab, find your way to the file type(s) you want to change and > set all of them there. > > There's also a way to do this from the Control Panel, but I forget that one. > -- *bold /ital Eli /* -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
