Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Windows bug? Opening OTT does not create new document.

It's never a good idea diving through the registry when there is a frontend
for it, even if it's badly done. The link I gave you to alter the default
choice with windows control panel is not optimal, but I think less
hazardous.

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2011/2/2 Luuk <luuk34@gmail.com>

> Because after looking into this problem, i had the same problem on my
> Windows7 computer,  thought well it should be easy to solve by
> uninstalling/installing LO.... But that did not work
>
> So i dived into REGEDIT   ..... (of course obeying the rules Microsoft has
> for this)
>
> After a lot of .....time i did find a key which is the cause of this
> problem.
>
> It can be show on the commandline when doing:
> REG EXPORT
>
> HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.ott\UserChoice
> ott.reg
>
> When you get an error like this:
> "ERROR: The system was unable to find the specified registry key or value."
> you should not have this problem
>
> The file "ott.reg" is a backup of the piece we are going to delete:
>
> Easiest way to delete this key was via REGEDIT
> (other option gave "ERROR: Error accessing the registry."
>
> Start REGEDIT
> Find the key where HKCU is HKEY_CURRENT_USER
> Whith "UserChoice" selected, press the Delete button, and confirm deletion.
> Close REGEDIT
>
> double-clicking on an .ott-file should now open a new document based on
> that
> template.
>
>
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