Hi Peter:
I bit the bullet and deleted the OOo dir and re-installed the program. Apparently it appears to be working. I still can open Thunderbird and other programs that were wiped out before. I now see the icon in the system tray that wasn't there before. I may be a little premature about claiming success but so far everything is looking good . I'll get back to you in a few days after I have a chance to check every thing.
Thanks again for taking the time to help an old retired AT&T Bell Labs engineer. Been working on computers way back when you had to install flip flops, multi vibrator,and,or cards to build our own computers at the labs. Seems like you never can learn enough now a days to keep current.
Glad I could help.
Sounds to me like it was just a weird bad installation. I think that just happens from time to time and there is not much we can do about. The fact that it is in your system tray, sounds like good news to me.
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Also, I would suggest checking out some of the documentation at http://documnetation.openoffice.org & http://www.oooauthors.org.
Have a great day, and good luck! -- Peter Kupfer OOo user since 'OO4 http://peschtra.tripod.com/open_office/ooo_front.htm
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