On Mon, 2005-06-20 at 21:28 -0500, Randomthots wrote: > G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > On Mon, 2005-06-20 at 12:33 -0400, David Teague wrote: > > > >>Some Windows packages eat their data files when the > >>packages are removed. I wonder if there is any remote > >>possibility that OO.o uninstall could possibly eat .odt or > >>.sxw files? > >> > >>I had 19.69, 19.95 and 1.9.100 all installed. I wanted to > >>remove *69 and *95 but keep 100 and install 109. I carefully > >>backed up all the .odt files on my system, removed .69 and > >>.95 then installed 109. While nothing was amiss afterwards, > >>I still want some knowledgeable person to reassure me, to wit, > >>"It ain't gonna happen." > >> > >>Thanks > > > > > > With Windows, who knows. > > Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! I know! I know! > > > However, removing old versions of OOo will not > > remove any personal files that are kept outside of either your My > > Documents. > > This sentence doesn't quite parse, but in any case your personal files > are safe no matter where they are. The removal routine doesn't touch > anything in My Documents and it only removes a specific list of files > from the OpenOffice folder under Program Files. The folder itself always > remains... it doesn't have much in it, but it's not completely empty > either. IIRC, the main thing it leaves behind is the Gallery. >
Gee I was hoping that was what I said. :-) Not having a Windows box does tend to make for vagueness. > > > > What will go away are personal settings, dictionaries et cetera unless > > you move them out of wherever OOo is installed. > > Not quite right. All that stuff is in a folder in the (normally hidden) > Application Data folder. This folder -- and the contents -- also remains > after program removal. Each version of OOo (at least in the 1.x series > and the betas) creates a new version of this folder named > OpenOffice1.x.x as appropriate. > Well I will be darned. So Windows leaves tokens of its esteem in odd places. I did not know. Thanks. -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
