I would suggest using RevoUninstaller to do ANY program uninstalling, and there is a free version. I have used it with great success for quite a few years. If you use the 4th option from the uninstall dialog window, it will use the programs normal uninstaller, first. Then it scans for all "leftovers" that has left. You will go through a couple of steps where the program will show you what it has found, including what is left in the registry. It lets you pick and choose what you want to delete, or you can choose "all" and delete. Very seldom have I ever had it leave any "crumbles" of a program I no longer wanted on my machine. On the "open with" issue, always be sure, when you have picked a program to "open with" from the browse window, that the little box in the bottom, left hand corner of that window is checked. It says something like "always open this type file with this program". Just a couple of suggestions that may help you out in the future. Roxy Robinson
Thanks for the start: I un-installed just OpenOffice and it made no difference - but I was on the move The finish went like this:- Un-install:- Open office, Lotus Symphony and Libra Office Then in Regedit (about 2 hours):- Delete any mention of the above 3 programs and Delete:- all mentions of soffice.exe, swriter etc Delete the directories for the above in Application Data and the Program folders. Then re-install Libra office 3.4 - it works! - I can now use "open with" Then I re-installed Lotus Symphony 1 - that works with "open with" Then I re-installed Open office 3.3 - and now that does NOT work with "open with". So its whoever is installed first! I am not too bothered this way around as OpenOffice does not cater for Lotus Smart suite files whilst LibreOffice does >> all praise to LibreOffice. BUT, none of those 3 gets a star for cleanliness when de-installing. regards John B --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On 10/06/2011 21:15, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > Un-installing OpenOffice often cures weird and unlikely problems especially in > Windows. > > > There is still often a clash between OpenOffice and LibreOffice when both are > installed on a system. There are some clever ways to install both but i don't > have a note of any of the various instructions and have not compared their > reliability or effectiveness. > > > Often the main problems occur when the Quick Launcher/Starter is enabled > within > OpenOffice. Even without that they both use the same names on the > command-line, > such as "soffice --writer" so the scope for errors and confusions is quite > high. > > > Usually just using the "Open with .." and then browsing to the relevant > program > is enough to push that program to the short-list in the "Open with .." option. > > Regards from > Tom :) > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: John B<[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Fri, 10 June, 2011 14:46:28 > Subject: [libreoffice-users] Windows "Open with" > > To open a selected Document with LibreOffice does anyone know how to make > LibraOffice appear in the Windows "Open With" (and stay there). > > Even when I use the "browse" within the "open with" , then locate LibreOffice > manually, it still does not work, as when I click on LibreOffice or Writer > (applications), its ignored and the system jumps back to the browsing list. > > Also Libra Office does not appear in the recommended programs list, whilst > OpenOffice does and works fine. > > > Windows XP pro sp3 > Libre Office 3.3& 3.4 > > John B > > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > In case of problems unsubscribing, write to [email protected] > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] In case of problems unsubscribing, write to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] In case of problems unsubscribing, write to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
