[libreoffice-users] Re: Aack! Uninstall removes file types!

I got a private response that indicates I may not have made myself clear, so
I am answering here.  

The problem I see is that uninstalling LO removes file associations MS
Office had all along.  In other words, though MS Office is still installed
and was always the default .doc/.docx, .xls/.xlsx, .ppt/.pptx (and others)
handler, Windows doesn't know what to do with those files anymore.  Double
clicking .doc files opens Wordpad, the others cause the "unknown filetype -
what application" dialog window to open.

It seems to me that LO should only remove its reference to those files, and
possibly the file types that it is the only registered handler.

If LO were installed first, and MS Office second, I would expect an
uninstall of MS Office to exit gracefully.  I have not tested this though,
so I could be wrong.  I can say from experience that if Adobe Reader is
installed, and a user installs FoxIt, then uninstalls FoxIt, Windows still
knows to open .pdfs with AR.

Hope this is clearer.

Thanks.

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