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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