[libreoffice-users] Re: Re: Problem with paths

In news:013301cc347e$2f0d5bb0$8d281310$@acm.org,
Dennis E. Hamilton <dennis.hamilton@acm.org> typed:
> You may be running up against a permissions problem on
> Windows XP.  Are you running from an administrator
> account (something too many distros assume)?  If that's
> not it, it may be very difficult to troubleshoot.
>
> For example, the portable build may be attempting to
> store the settings somewhere that is read-only or
> denied-access and not reporting (or not even checking)
> that the write is failing.
>
> You may also be running into a Windows trick that diverts
> the write to a different "shadow" place,  so the
> application succeeds, but the restarted app can't find
> them.  (I can't remember if that was new with Vista or it
> made an appearance in one of the XP Service Packs.)
>
> - Dennis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: planas [mailto:jslozier@gmail.com]
> Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2011 20:14
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Problem with paths
>
> On Sun, 2011-06-26 at 13:49 +0000, Herbert Fromme wrote:
>
> > > > On 13/04/2011 12:01, Jeffrey Needle wrote:
> > > > > Hello, everyone. I'm using the portable build of
> > > > > LibreOffice from portableapps.com on a WinXP system.
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm trying to change the documents directory that
> > > > > LibreOffice uses. I go to Options, Paths and change
> > > > > the documents path. I click OK. I close LO, reopen
> > > > > it, and the change to the path is lost. I can't find
> > > > > any way to get the change to the path to stick. Is
> > > > > this a known bug?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks.
> >
> > I have exactly the same problem, changes to paths don't
> > stick. After closing and reopening Libre Office, the
> > changes have been lost.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > HF

AFAIK, none of that applies to XP.
XP Pro SP3+, LO 3.3.x, and Paths setup.
   Would apply to win 7 though for sure. Likely also Vista.

HTH,

Twayne`




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