Re: [libreoffice-users] [Windows] LibO in parallel w/OOo?

On Sun Oct 10 2010 19:07:02 GMT-0700 (PDT)  NoOp wrote:
> On 10/10/2010 05:26 PM, Andy Brown wrote:
> > On Sun Oct 10 2010 17:07:01 GMT-0700 (PDT)  NoOp wrote:
> ...
> > > > NoOp try 
> > > > http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Run_OOo_versions_parallel#User_Configuration 
> > > >   to see if it works.
> > > Ah. Forgot about that... I'll give it a try - thanks.
>
> > Let me now how it works out.
>
> Works, at least on WinXP running in a VMWare Player. I created a new
> folder in c:\Program Files\LibO and extracted the .exe there. I then
> followed the instructions & it seems to be running just fine. Win7 is
> liable to be a different beast as I've still not figured out the
> directory structure in Win7 (yet).
>
> One thing to note is that by installing this way you don't get the
> benefit of added menu items, or a desktop shortcut. So you need to of
> course create your own desktop shortcut which is as simple as
> right-clicking on the desktop etc. However, in order to get the benefit
> of the LibO system icons/associations/menu's etc., it might be better to
> do the reverse: first install LibO, and then install/reinstall standard
> OOo in the parallel environment. I'll modify & do that next.
>
> Gary

Thanks.  I will give it a try on my laptop with XP.

Andy

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