Hi :) I favour copy&paste or even better is drag&drop. No need for anything fancy like rsync or anything. Regards from Tom :)
>________________________________ > From: anne-ology <lagin...@gmail.com> >To: Tom <tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk> >Cc: rost52 <bugquestcon...@online.de>; users@global.libreoffice.org >Sent: Tuesday, 4 December 2012, 16:48 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] query re. LO crashing ... > > Thanks. > > But HOW does one effectively restore the old to the new ??? > [that aspect boggles my mind] > > Believe it or not - last night I cleaned out the caches then shut it >down - > and this morning, all seems to be working well ??? > >*bog·gle v. bog·gled, bog·gling, bog·gles > >1. To hesitate as if in fear or doubt. >2. To shy away or be overcome with fright or astonishment >3. To act ineptly or inefficiently; bungle. > >1. To cause to be overcome, as with fright or astonishment. >2. To botch; bungle.* > > Maybe there's a ghost in this machine ... came in with the fog >[London has nothing over this 4-day [so far] fog] ;-) > > > >On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 4:10 AM, Tom Davies <tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > >Hi :) >> Probably best to start by renaming your User Profile >> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/UserProfile >> >> That tends to be the best and fastest fix for anything weird, especially >> things that suddenly started behaving weirdly for no readily apparent >> reason and which did work properly previously. Also does sometimes fix odd >> things in fresh new installs. >> >> In the old days or with older style programs you would "get back to >> factory defaults" by doing a complete reinstall but that is not the case >> with OpenSource software and some proprietary software seems to be learning >> the trick too now. So, nowadays when you do a reinstall programs tend to >> pick-up on your old settings and keeps your galleries, templates, >> Extensions and all the rest intact. To get back to factory defaults you >> just rename the folder that all those settings and configurations are in. >> That is the User Profile. >> >> By renaming instead of deleting you keep all your old stuff but have just >> effectively hidden it so that LO is forced to generate a new one. Later >> you can copy&paste chunks from your old profile into your new one to regain >> some of your old stuff. If weirdnesses have occurred then the most likely >> cause is apparently 3rd party Extensions so you can probably get almost all >> your old stuff back. >> >> Regards from >> Tom :) >> >> >> >> > >> > From: rost52 <bugquestcon...@online.de> >> >To: users@global.libreoffice.org >> >Sent: Tuesday, 4 December 2012, 9:36 >> >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] query re. LO crashing ... >> > >> >I think this it is not much of a problem. >> >Options / LibreOffice / OnlineUpdate / check now. >> > >> >or go http://www.libreoffice.org/ >> > >> >Installation is very simple, just install, and LibO takes the previous >> setting automatically. Its a >> >5 min job. I takes more time to get the dust from the old typewriter. >> > >> >Today I would install 3.5.7.2 and next week or so upgrade to 3.6.4 >> > >> > >> >On 2012-12-04 12:33, anne-ology wrote: >> >> ... all was fine until today; LO no longer opens PDF files or >> word >> >> files ... what could have happened ??? >> >> >> >> If I up-date [from 3.4] will this clear up the problem? or will >> the >> >> problem persist? >> >> >> >> AND where is the best place to download the program - updates - >> >> without all the bits and pieces separated out; >> >> ok, I'm looking for a simplified, non-geek place to upload >> the >> >> updated version [to which ???]. >> >> >> >> The more I learn of these computers, the stupider I feel ;-) >> >> >> >> Anyone else in this boat ... anyone able to help the drowning >> ... or >> >> is it time to pitch this 'glorified typewriter' out the window and >> retrieve >> >> the manual typewriter from the attic ... >> >> >> > >-- >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 > > > > -- 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
