Re: [libreoffice-users] Windows "Open with" - reprise - Call for a cleaner

Dear Tom & Roxy

/i remember this one getting to a slightly unsatisfactory but 'good enough'
result?/


Yes; Thanks to both of you ( and the others for their comments). I can 
see how easy it is to get off track.

I installed the free version of Revo-Uninstaller - brilliant

I then tried it out on my weakest link - OpenOffice

My non-scientific observation is that OO can uninstall about 50% of 
itself, whilst Revo uninstalled 99.9%.

There were a few OO crumbs left in the Registry (as opposed to the 50 
-60 using windows uninstall).

This is a definite "must have" program from now on.

However, this does not resolve the windows issue that "Open With", as 
it  defaults to the 1st one of the 2 installed.

For example now the reverse of my problem is true.

LO (good news for me) is now the default, I try to open any file using 
"openwith" and the browser button, I manually select OO click on it, but 
it immediately springs back to LO  and opens with LO.

There is no way to force capture OO using this method. I have tried this 
now on a 2nd computer and the results were the same.

In all other ways its a reasonable result. Whilst they (OO & LO) are 
using identical file names and pathways, I suppose it will remain like 
this until one or the other changes the names - maybe soffice.exe will 
become Loffice.exe. What I do not understand is that Lotus Symphony also 
uses a soffice.exe and it works fine.

 so thanks and >> all hail to LibreOffice-users

John B


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Hi:)
Did you manage to sort this problem out in the end?  I know quite a few
questions from Thursday and Friday got missed and need to be re-posted.  I think
i remember this one getting to a slightly unsatisfactory but 'good enough'
result?
Regards from
Tom:)

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On 11/06/2011 16:10, Roxy Robinson wrote:
> 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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