Re: [Libreoffice] Change executable/sh names

On 12/18/2010 03:48 AM, Jesús Corrius wrote:
> > Right-click the .odt and select 'Open With' (WinXPPro); the 'Programs'
> > window shows only option for LibO, not OOo. It does show options for
> > Word if MS Word is installed and has the odf converter installed. I've
> > repeated this on my WinXPro VM by:
> >
> > 1. Uninstalling all instances of OOo and LibO.
> > 2. Reinstall OOo (3.2.1 OOO320m18) and verify that the .odt's are
> > associated with OOo.
> > 3. Reinstall LibORC1 (OOO330m18). The .odt's are now associated *only*
> > with LibO *and* cannot be reassociated with OOo from right-clicking and
> > 'Open With' from Windows Explorer.
>
> I was expecting to find some problem with the merge of the
> SupportedTypes in the registry during the installation, but everything
> worked fine in my Windows XP SP2. I've followed your instructions and
> I now have two entries in the "Open With" context menu, one for
> OpenOffice.org and the other one for LibreOffice.
>
> Anyone else is able to reproduce this?
>
> > My guess is that the problem is with the common swriter.exe (et al)
> > executable name. If I get time over the weekend I'll modify the names in
> > the Windows registry to see if I can cause the situation to change.
>
> As I mentioned before, in the registry there's the full path of the
> executable, so it doesn't matter if they have the same name provided
> that the path is different.
>
> Here you have info on how this works:
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee872121(v=VS.85).aspx
>
> > In the interim; how about you test & also explain how a standard Windows
> > user is to "associate an extension with any
> > program you want and It doesn't matter if they have the same name or
> > not". And in particular, associate an .odt with *both* OOo and LibO on
> > the same system...
>
> There are many options, but I wil exclude the complicated ones. So I
> guess in Windows XP (in Vista and 7 this is nicer: Open With -> Choose
> Default Program) there are two options left:
>
> 1. sample.odt -> Open With -> Choose program -> Select program from a
> list -> Browse
>
> 2. Open Explorer -> Tools -> Folder options -> File types -> ODT ->
> Change (Advanced Options will allow you to create an entry in the Open
> With menú, but you need to be a bit more advanced user).

Thanks for testing. I'll test again tomorrow as I'm currently updating
my machine with the WinXPPro VM on it from Ubuntu lucid to maverick.