Re: Forced Updates? WTF?

Ten computers, have not seen this behavior even though I want it on a few of them. Did not even 
know LO could do it.

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On Jun 9, 2020, 6:49 PM, at 6:49 PM, "Christoph Schäfer" <christoph-schaefer@gmx.de> wrote:
> > Gesendet: Dienstag, 09. Juni 2020 um 09:36 Uhr
> > Von: "Mike Kaganski" <mikekaganski@hotmail.com>
> > An: "Christoph Schäfer" <christoph-schaefer@gmx.de>,
> LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org
> > Betreff: Re: Forced Updates? WTF?
> >
> > On 09.06.2020 3:22, Christoph Schäfer wrote:
> > > I never thought this was possible with LO, but it looks like the
> developers have chosen to override my default settings (notification,
> but no automatic updates). Yet, an update from 6.3 to 6.4 (Windows 10)
> has been enforced on me, which also led to data loss, as well as losing
> the "Recently Used" entries in the File dialogue.
> > > If this wasn't an attempt by Microsoft to damage LO (I'm on Windows
> 10), I have to ask: What the hell were you thinking?
> > > This is unacceptable.
> >
> > ... so re-wording all that, "I don't know what had happened; and I
> don't
> > tell you all the details (like how had I installed LO in the first
> place
> > - e.g. from MSI taken from TDF site, or from Windows Store); and
> which
> > "helpful software" might be installed on my system helping to keep
> > software "up-to-date"; and I even don't know if that was some
> deliberate
> > decision, or a bug, - but I choose to be rude from start."
> >
> > I doubt it being acceptable.
> >
> > --
>
> Hi,
>
> It's true, I don't know what happened. I originally installed LO via
> the MSI installers from the TDF site, and I have no other "helpful
> software" regarding updates on my computers. Oh, wait, on my laptop I
> have installed a Windows update blocker, and yet the LO update happened
> in the background. At least on the laptop the "Recently Used" list
> wasn't lost, but the icon set reverted to the default setting. On my PC
> even the list was lost, the icon set was also changed, and the document
> restauration didn't work after the PC was forced to reboot, so I lost
> some work.
>
> If TDF is responsible for this (and I added a qualifier to my original
> post), I actually consider this to be rude behaviour.
>
> Christoph
>
>
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