On 2005-08-26 8:28 AM, Scott Mayo wrote:
I ghost all machines with OpenOffice on it. When installing, there is
no option to make it install for all users. That is why I was copying
the profile of the user that set it up to the 'default user'. That way,
whoever logs in should pick it up, and they do, but for some reason the
files created by OO, are not associated. I have to go to add/remove
programs and run a quick repair for each user that logs in.
Hi Scott -
I posted about a very similar problem a day before you started this
thread (Subject line: [users] file associations with OOo)
Your post helped me discovery what was going on. I, too, and an IT
Coordinator for a school and am using imaging software to roll out a
bunch of laptops for the teachers. (I'm using Acronis Image Writer,
which I find to be much better than Ghost, btw).
You are correct in that it looks like the OpenOffice installation only
"works" for the user you install it for - at least for file
associations. I used a "test" account for the image that I created -
computer administrator - installing all programs under than user and
copying that profile over to Default user. When the new image was
created, I would create a new account. Everything was picked up
correctly, but the file associations were wrong.
I am going to try just renaming the test account for each user and see
if that works.
You wrote about an add/remove programs quick repair to fix the file
association problem. What is that? Are you talking about a complete
reinstall of OOo?
Also, if you don't mind, please contact me off-list to discuss some
school-related IT stuff.
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Ken Green
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