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Hi :)
The equivalent in gnu&linux is/are excellent.    Plus they also do the "add" bit 
rather well by including search tools so that it's easy to find programs that 
you might want to have even if you can't remember their exact names.

There are sooo many things i don't miss about the Windows world.  I feel like i 
have broken out of stockholm syndrome or something.  Colleagues at work often 
hit walls in Windows and are unable to cope with trivial stuff.  Makes me feel 
so smug.  A few times i have even been able to fix things with a LiveUsb :)
Regards from
Tom :)




----- Original Message ----
From: Roxy Robinson <rocmar62@ranchwireless.com>
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Sent: Sat, 11 June, 2011 19:09:00
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Windows "Open with" - the answer - Call for a 
cleaner

Tom,
The Windows "add/remove" program is probably even worse than its  defragger. 
Revo gets pretty deep into the registry - it may leave "main  headings" in the 
registry sometimes, but it really does do a good job of  cleaning when it 
uninstalls a program. There are many computer "gurus", writers,  etc, that 
recommend it - it seems like anymore if you read an article, anywhere,  about 
speeding up Windows, RevoUninstaller will be mentioned. I know that it  comes 
very close to removing everything of Norton AV, which is one of the worst  
programs there is to get off your computer. There are even special NAV  
uninstallers out there to help with it.
Roxy


Hi :)

Thanks  Roxy.  Windows un-installers always tend to leave chaff behind.   It's
practically impossible not to.  Part of the problem is that MS  'have to' 
stick
with legacy systems such as the registry in order to be  backwards compatible.


Generally using Windows means committing to  re-installing it every couple of
years or just put-up-with the standard  slow-downs from all the chaff and 
stuff.
I found off-line defrags with  PerfectDisk helped a lot.  Standard defrags,
especially the default MS  one can't defrag system-files which makes them 
almost
completely useless but  Raxco's one can do Virtual Memory (=swap-file) which
makes a huge  difference.


This RevoUninstaller sounds like the other part of the  equation.
Thanks and regards from
Tom :)





-----  Original Message ----
From: Roxy Robinson <rocmar62@ranchwireless.com>
 To: users@global.libreoffice.org
 Sent: Sat, 11 June, 2011 16:10:21
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users]  Windows "Open with" - the answer - Call for 
a
cleaner

I  would suggest using RevoUninstaller to do ANY program uninstalling, and  
there
is a free version. I have used it with great success for quite a  few years. 
If
you use the 4th option from the uninstall dialog window, it  will use the
programs normal uninstaller, first. Then it scans for all  "leftovers" that 
has
left. You will go through a couple of steps where  the program will show you 
what
it has found, including what is left in  the registry. It lets you pick and
choose what you want to delete, or you  can choose "all" and delete. Very 
seldom
have I ever had it leave any  "crumbles" of a program I no longer wanted on 
my
machine.
On the  "open with" issue, always be sure, when you have picked a  program  
to
"open with" from the browse window, that the little box in the   bottom, left
hand corner of that window is checked. It says something  like  "always open 
this
type file with this program".
Just a  couple of suggestions  that may help you out in the future.
Roxy  Robinson


Thanks for the  start:

I  un-installed just OpenOffice and it made no difference - but I  was  on
the move

The finish went like this:-
 Un-install:- Open  office, Lotus Symphony and Libra Office

 Then in Regedit (about 2  hours):-  Delete any mention of the above  3
programs
and  Delete:-  all mentions of soffice.exe,  swriter etc

Delete the  directories for the above in  Application Data and the
Program  folders.

Then  re-install Libra office 3.4 - it works! - I can now use  "open  with"

Then I re-installed Lotus Symphony 1 - that works with  "open  with"

Then I re-installed Open office 3.3 - and now  that does NOT work  with
"open with".

So its  whoever is installed first!

I am not  too bothered this way  around as OpenOffice does not cater for
Lotus Smart  suite files  whilst LibreOffice does >> all praise  to
 LibreOffice.

BUT, none of those 3 gets a star for cleanliness  when  de-installing.

regards

John   B

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 On  10/06/2011 21:15, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
 Un-installing  OpenOffice often cures weird and unlikely problems  
especially
in
Windows.


 > There is still often a clash between OpenOffice  and LibreOffice when  
both
are
installed on a system.  There are  some  clever ways to install both but i
don't
have a note of any  of the  various instructions and have not compared 
their
 reliability or  effectiveness.


Often  the main problems occur when the  Quick Launcher/Starter is  
enabled
within
OpenOffice.  Even without  that  they both use the same names on the
command-line,
such as  "soffice  --writer" so the scope for errors and confusions is 
quite
 > high.


Usually just using the "Open  with .." and then  browsing to the relevant
program
is  enough to push that program to the  short-list in the "Open with  .."
option.

Regards from
Tom  :)





 ________________________________
From: John B<johnb@email2.me>
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
 > Sent: Fri, 10 June, 2011 14:46:28
Subject:  [libreoffice-users] Windows  "Open with"

To open  a selected Document with LibreOffice does  anyone know how to 
make
 > LibraOffice appear in the Windows "Open With"  (and stay  there).

Even when I use the "browse" within the  "open  with" , then locate
LibreOffice
manually,  it  still does not work,  as when I click on LibreOffice or  
Writer
(applications), its ignored and  the system jumps back  to the browsing 
list.

Also Libra Office  does not  appear in the recommended programs list, 
whilst
OpenOffice  does  and works fine.


Windows XP pro  sp3
Libre Office  3.3& 3.4

John  B

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