On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 10:04 PM, Dan Cowell
<[email protected]>wrote:

> Hi there, I’m not sure is I’m going about this the correct way but I have
> an issue with Open Office. I recently downloaded the program to my new dell
> tablet, which runs on windows 8 pro, but when I try open it I get a message
> that reads; This application cannot be started. [context=shared] caught
> unexpected exception!
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Microsoft lists AOO 3.4.1 on their Windows 8 compatible list.  I've used it
on Windows 8 without problems.

Is your tablet running Windows RT?  Microsoft made a special version of
Windows 8 for tablets, targeting ARM processors.  OpenOffice won't run
there.  We require x86 or x86-64 processors.

-Rob


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> Any help that can be offered would be greatly appreciated.
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> P.s It runs fine on my windows 7 laptop.
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> Sent from Windows Mail

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