Paul, There is no phone support. This mailing list is volunteer support. Having said that, from your problem description, it seems likely if you double-click one of the files you want to edit in Wordpad the file opens in Writer instead.
If this is a fair description of the problem then, to correct it, you must... 1. RIGHT-CLICK one of the files you would like to open in Worpad 2. on the menu that appears click the "Properties" item, usually the last item on the menu 3. click the "Change..." button 4. Find Wordpad in the list of apps (it may be necessary to click "more apps" to see Wordpad in the list) 5. Click on Wordpad 6. Click the OK button 7. Click the next OK button These steps will make Wordpad open this file and any other Wordpad file when the file is double-clicked. It only needs to be done one time. The above steps were written using Windows 10 as reference. Steps 1 & 2 are consistent across all versions of Windows as far as I recall. From step 3 onward there may be slight differences depending the version of Windows. Regardless, the requirement is the same. Change the program that opens the file to Wordpad from whatever it is. Two notes: If/when you install OpenOffice again be mindful during the install for the option to make OpenOffice the default program. Do not select this option and it will not be necessary to perform the seven steps above, again, to make Wordpad open your documents. Uninstall Writer is not necessary. Very little disk space is recovered by doing so and having it installed is not the root cause of the problem. On Sat, May 16, 2020 at 9:15 AM p s <spiers_p...@hotmail.com> wrote: > All i want is open office calc. I want to delete writer and all its' bits > and I do not want my files deleted. (most of which have been "grabbed" by > "WRITER". > I can delete writer but do my files go with it? If i delete it, and the > files stay, will i be able to access them? > It is invasive. It has swallowed word pad. I like working with word pad. > Everything I do is taken over by writer. Then it is useless. > > To do anything with a file, I must copy, then delete the empty writer file. > Post the file to Wordpad. Make the changes and save. > When I go back to the file, everything is changed. > > Can you also tell me why it is so damn hard to get through to you people? > Just stick some people on the phone and let them ( the experts) direct an > inquiry of whatever kind. > You have wasted months of my time. > cheers > Paul Spiers > -- Alan Boba CISSP, CCENT, ITIL v3 Foundations 2011
