Kevin On Wed, 2011-10-05 at 16:34 -0400, Op Ed wrote:
> OK, here's me, replying to myself. > > Further little problem. Not yet solved. > > Because the program does not appear in the programs list, it is not an > option > when trying to open a .odt file (or any kind of file) from the file system. > > > That is, I cannot simply right-click a .odt file or a .docx file and click > "Open with..." . > The resulting list does not include LibO, so I can't select it. > > Is there a quick-and-dirty way to add it without tinkering with the > Registry? > > Meanwhile, I open LibO and use the program's file browser to select the > files to open. Not entirely convenient. > > Again, this is Windows 7 Professional. With Windows 7 home/64 I had no problems and have not heard of anyone having problems similar to yours. I suspect your suspicion that someone is tinkering with the Win7 install is probably correct. I will differ to the Windows gurus, I have a better feel for Linux. MSO does not handle ODF 1.2 formats only up to 1.1 > > Also, within the LibO interface, how do I set Writer as the Windows default > program to open .odt files? > > Thanks. > > > On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Op Ed <op.ed.s...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > All, > > > > Anyone else having installation problems with LibO 3.4.3? > > I've been using OpenOffice for years, and jumped to LibreOffice when it was > > first released. > > No big problems on Windows XP at work, or OSX Lion at home (nor Linux > > anywhere...). > > > > Now my office computer has been upgraded to Windows 7 Pro (i.e., complete > > wipe of > > the hard drive and the new OS installed from a corporate image). So I'm > > re-installing > > all my working software. This has become a pain because corporate no longer > > allows > > us to have administrator access on our own computers. > > > > Anyway, I downloaded LibO_3.4.3_Win_x86_install_multi.exe and ran it. > > Had to get "mommy" to come to my desk and authenticate as admin, but > > otherwise the installation proceeded with no errors or obvious hiccups. > > > > But I couldn't find it. > > > > LibreOffice did not appear as an option when right-clicking a .odt file > > and > > selecting "Open with..." > > There was no mention of libreoffice in All Programs. > > There was no mention of libreoffice in Control Panel > Programs > Programs > > and Features > > (formerly "Add/Remove Programs"). > > > > The installation dialog had finished with an announcement of success and a > > checkbox > > to add a launch icon to the desktop. There was no icon. > > > > I found the launching executable "soffice.exe" along with the individual > > .exe files in > > C:\Program Files (x86)\LibreOffice 3.4\program > > and made a shortcut for the desktop, which works. > > > > It will take additional tinkering to get it into the "All Programs" list. > > I guess it will never appear in >> Programs and Features. > > > > I downloaded and installed twice, in case the first time was a fluke. > > It wasn't. > > No doubt the problem is due to some peculiarity of our corporate > > Windows 7 roll-out (still being tinkered by our IT gnomes), but others > > might encounter the same issue, so I'm mentioning the workaround in case > > I'm not unique. > > > > Regards, > > > > </kevin> > > > > > > > -- Jay Lozier jsloz...@gmail.com -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ 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
