CarlP wrote: > Mathias Bauer wrote: >> TerryJ wrote: >> >> >>> >>>CarlP wrote: >>> >>>>OOo 2.1, WinXP >>>> >>>>I'm trying to add the text-to-columns macro but when I open the >>>>Extensions Manager, I can only add to "My" extensions, not the Open >>>>Office extensions which are available to all users. >>>> >>>>Anyone know why? Did I install OOo wrong (I don't recall being able to >>>>choose installing just for my user or for all)? The Application Data >>>>for the All Users documents and settings folder doesn't have an entry >>>>for Open Office, while my own user folder does. >>>> >>>>Finally, this maybe a WinXP question, but anyone know if it's possible >>>>to change OOo to all users once it's been installed, or do I have to >>>>remove and then re-install OOo? >>>> >>>>Thanks, >>>>Carl >>>> >>>> >>> >>>I use Linux but I doubt that you did anything wrong. OOo seems to cater >>>primarily for single users. It may have caught up with multi-user >>>environments next century, by which time we'll all be using Google docs >>>anyway. OOoTech may have a way for Windows networks to install extensions >>>for all users but you may have to pay for the method: >>>http://openofficetechnology.com/ >> >> >> Sorry, but you are wrong here. Just *because* OOo knows how to deal with >> multi user environments it doesn't allow you to install anything into >> the program directory from inside OOo running for a single user. No sane >> application will do it differently as most probably the user will not >> have the necessary rights to do so anyway. You know "install as root - >> run as user"? >> >> To install an extension for all users one has to log in as admin and >> start the extension manager outside of OOo by running "unopkg gui". If >> the place of the extension is known installing can also be done without >> the graphical extension manager by calling >> >> "unopkg add --shared $EXTENSIONPATH". >> >> It's understandable that you didn't know about unopkg but this doesn't >> give you the right to flame about OOo. If you don't know something, >> please don't talk about it or at least don't talk about it badly. >> >> I hope Carl is still reading so he has a chance to get the right >> information this time. >> >> To the second question: you can change an OOo installation on Windows >> for all users once installed by starting the OOo setup.exe with admin >> rights. It will allow you to modify your installation. This is standard >> Windows behavior. >> >> Ciao, >> Mathias >> >> > Thanks, Mathias, > > I have only one user with all rights (I know, not smart, but I'm the > only one who uses it and I guess I'm just lazy...) so am always logged > in as an admin user (on the computer). Is there a different way to open > OOo to take advantage of the all users extensions manager? And do I > understand correctly that I need to open OOo in some other way than by > the OOo .exe files or by opening a document? If so, how on WinXP? I > don't yet see the "unopkg gui".
"unopkg.exe" is another application in the same directory as the "soffice.exe" from OpenOffice.org. You can either start this application from the command line by executing "unopkg gui" in the "program" directory in the OOo installation or you can create a shortcut to "C:\program files\openoffice.org 2.0\unopkg.exe gui" (or wherever you have installed OOo). Both ways will start the same extension manager dialog as you see inside of OOo but it will allow you to install extensions for all users. For various reasons OOo does not allow direct access to the global configuration files at runtime even if you have the necessary file access rights. This is the recommended way to do it on Windows XP and the only one to survice on Vista. Ciao, Mathias -- Mathias Bauer (mba) - Project Lead OpenOffice.org Writer OpenOffice.org Engineering at Sun: http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS Please don't reply to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". I use it for the OOo lists and only rarely read other mails sent to it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
