Re: [Libreoffice] Change executable/sh names

On 01/17/2011 07:24 PM, NoOp wrote:
> On 01/17/2011 05:38 PM, NoOp wrote:
> > On 01/17/2011 12:59 PM, NoOp wrote:
...
> > > Thanks! I've been travelling, but I'm back now and will try to test
> > > later this evening on WinXP.
> >
> > OK. Briefly tested and here is what I've found so far:
> >
> > 1. LO & OOo need to be uninstalled completely and then reinstalled. In
> > this test I installed OOo 3.2.1 back, checked to see that .odt files
> > were associated properly. I then installed your version of LO & now when
> > I right-click an .odt I do get the option to open in MS Word (Sun ODF
> > plugin), OOo, or LO.
> >
> > 2. The program files still use soffice.exe etc. This IMO is still a
> > problem. For example; if I do Start|Run|soffice LO still takes over.
> >
> > 'soffice' et al should be, and must be, allocated to OOo _not_ LO. LO
> > should have it's own executable's as pointed out in the OP so that there
> > is no confusion between OOo and LO on both the part of the user and/or
> > OS registry entries.
> >
> > I'll be happy to do more tests if you'll let me know additional items
> > you'd like me to test (and how). Please note that I generally use linux,
> > so all of my testing is in a WinXP virtual environment, or a dual-boot Win7
>
> Added point: when searching the Win Registry for 'libre' I find (hand
> typed so some mistakes may be there):
> My Computer/HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-..long
> numbers\Software\Classes\Applications\libowriter.exe\shell\open\co
> and the 'data' bit is:
> C\"Program Files\Libreoffice 3\program\libowriter.exe
> there is no such file on the system.
>
> And of course under My Computer/HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-..long
> numbers\Software\LibreOffice\LibreOffice 3.3\Start Menu I find
> soffice.exe, sbase.exe, etc., etc.

Jesús, your patches apparently didn't make it in RC4. Just installed RC4
on WinXP and the actions are the same as RC3.

Gary