I installed it with the standard: OOo_3.0.0_Win32Intel_install_wJRE_en-US.exe
download. I also ran it (office, not the installer) as a non root account and this still happens. --m On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 9:30 AM, Dotan Cohen <[email protected]> wrote: >> Apologize if this has been discussed, my searching only turned up the >> following 2.4 links: >> >> http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=3981&start=10 >> >> Anyway, just downloaded latest open office, fire it up and I get a >> dialog with the following error: >> >> The application cannot be started. Couldn't create mandatory desktop service. >> >> I've run this under my admin account and under a newly created user >> account and get the same thing every time. >> >> Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. >> > > I've never encountered that problem, but you really should not be > running Open Office as root. > > How did you install Open Office? Did you download the package from the > OOo website, or did you you your distro's built in package manager? > Have you tried installing the latest Open Office verion instead, which > is currently OOo 3.0.1? > > -- > Dotan Cohen > > http://what-is-what.com > http://gibberish.co.il > > א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת > ا-ب-ت-ث-ج-ح-خ-د-ذ-ر-ز-س-ش-ص-ض-ط-ظ-ع-غ-ف-ق-ك-ل-م-ن-ه-و-ي > А-Б-В-Г-Д-Е-Ё-Ж-З-И-Й-К-Л-М-Н-О-П-Р-С-Т-У-Ф-Х-Ц-Ч-Ш-Щ-Ъ-Ы-Ь-Э-Ю-Я > а-б-в-г-д-е-ё-ж-з-и-й-к-л-м-н-о-п-р-с-т-у-ф-х-ц-ч-ш-щ-ъ-ы-ь-э-ю-я > ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
