On 19/03/2021 17:36, Luuk wrote: > > On 19-3-2021 18:03, Dave Barton wrote: >> I make a full backup of my main Windows 10 production machine every week >> and store those backups for at least 3 weeks. For many years I have >> found this to be a good insurance policy against most forms of >> corruption. Unfortunately, LO has succeeded in defeating the benefits of >> this policy. >> >> For the past 3 weeks I have been working, mostly with Writer, in >> blissful ignorance of the fact that my profile has been partially >> corrupted. I say partially, because only the default "AutoCorrect > >> Replace" options have disappeared, while the rest of my extensive >> profile remains in perfect working order. Obviously, this condition has >> existed for a least 3 weeks, because restoring my profile from backups >> does not resolve the issue. >> >> I really would like to avoid the pain of fully rebuilding my profile >> from scratch, so if anyone can offer any pointers or tips about >> restoring just I would be >> extremely grateful. >> >> Regards >> Dave > > > You profile is stored in: > > C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\LibreOffice\4 > > you can rename this directory, and restart LO, then this directory will > be re-created (with the default). > > Now you only have to find out where the autocorrect settins are in this > profile (if there are any...) > > On my system the autocorrect things seem to be stored in: > > "C:\Users\Luuk\AppData\Roaming\LibreOffice\4\user\autocorr\acor_nl-NL.dat" > > At least, that was my conclusion when opening that file with 7-zip, and > seeing the contents of 'DocumentList.xml' which did contains a manually > added entry in the auto correct list.
Hi Luuk, Thanks for taking the time to reply. I fully understand the structure of the user profile and I see acor_en_GB.dat and acor_en_US.dat in the autocorr subdirectory. Fixes I have tried: * Delete one or both those dat files, with a full system restart each time. * Delete both the dat files and replace them with copies from a new install on an identical machine. All failed to restore the default "AutoCorrect > Replace" options. There has to be some other configuration setting in the profile that influences this option. Getting late here, so tomorrow I will spend a "less than enjoyable" day reconstructing my profile and writing a program to trigger a backup of my good profile _*BEFORE*_ LO ever starts and gets the opportunity to attack and corrupt my profile again. Regards Dave -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
