Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: can't install 3.4.2 on Windows XP

Hi :)
Ahhh, i think this one is solved :)  The question is how often does this occur 
and so far it seems to have only happened once, including this time afaik and i 
have been on these lists for quite a few months now.
Regards from
Tom :)




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From: "francis.leboutte@algo.be" <francis.leboutte@algo.be>
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Sent: Wed, 17 August, 2011 18:05:44
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: can't install 3.4.2 on Windows XP

Here is the link:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40166

Thank you for the information about the uninstaller.

Regards,
Francis

Le 17/08/2011 16:02, Tom Davies écrivait :
> Hi :)
> I don't know if this is any good but it might be worth trying to uninstall 
> LibreOffice with this?
> http://www.revouninstaller.com/revo_uninstaller_free_download.html
> Note the advice given by Earl in the post just before this one.  
>
> Please can you give us a link to the bug-report you posted (or found) to do with 
> the problem?
>
> The release notes for a slightly more recent release
> http://www.libreoffice.org/download/release-notes/
> Are you using Windows 2000?  If so can you do the update the release notes ask 
> for?
>
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
> ----- Forwarded Message ----
> From: Earl Melton <>
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Sent: Tue, 21 June, 2011 17:38:07
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice 3.3.3 is ready for download
>
> No, no. It's an excellent free replacement and far superior to MS' Add/Remove, 
> IMO. You can download it at the link below and install just like any other app. 

> After clicking the link, be careful to not choose the 30-day free trial of the 
> "Pro" version -- you don't really need it..well, unless you're needing to put 
> your wallet on a diet. :-)  Instead, scroll to the bottom of the page and click 

> on the FREE download button. Works great on Win-XP and Vista. If your OS is 
> otherwise, check requirements at the link before downloading. HTH!
>
> http://www.revouninstaller.com/revo_uninstaller_free_download.html
>
> -- 
> I'm so busy, I don't know whether I found a rope or lost my horse!
> <>< Earl 
>
> --
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: webmaster for Kracked Press Productions <>
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Sent: Tue, June 21, 2011 8:40:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice 3.3.3 is ready for download
>
> On 06/21/2011 01:19 AM, planas wrote:
> > Earl
> >
> > On Mon, 2011-06-20 at 19:16 -0700, Earl Melton wrote:
> >
> > > I used Revo Uninstaller to remove my 3.2 (or was it 3.3.2?) on Win-7. It 
hung
> > > with the progress bar at about 80% of completion for over two  hours, never
> > > moving further. In the selection window (similar to Control  Panel 
Add/Remove
> > > window), I saw that I had told it to uninstall the  main program and that 
the
> > > Help module (or whatever it was called) had not started. On a whim, I 
started
> > > another instance of RU and told it to uninstall the help section. I chose 
the
> > > slowest, most thorough number 4 setting for both uninstalls. Long story 
short
> > > -- it then completely  uninstalled both 'halves' in about a minute and I'm 
> > > ready
> > > to DL the  3.3.3 final and install it.
> > >
> > >
> > > Don't know if this'll help anyone else, but it [apparently] needs to remove 
> > the
> > > help files first. Hopefully the new install will  go smoothly. I have never
> > > experienced a problem installing either OOo or my first shot at LibO.
> > >  --
> > > I'm so busy, I don't know whether I found a rope or lost my horse!
> > >  <><  Earl
> > >
> > > --
> > Thanks
>
> Thanks for the info though.  If I have any problems with friends' computer with 
> Win-7 and LO installs, I will remember your "trick".
>
> I do not use Win-7, so this may be a stupid question.  So is "Revo Uninstaller" 
> the replacement for add/remove programs in the XP and Vista Control Panel?  Or 
> is it some other uninstall program that can be used?
>
> Since I never had any real install issues with OOo or LO, except one OOo version 
> where the JRE bombed out every time, so I never had to use an uninstall program 
> to remove OOo or LO on a Windows computer.  Actually I had to do that with 
> "beta" and "RC#" version, but that does not count.
>
> The error dialogs came up with 3.3.3 on Vista, but they were talking about .NET 
> issues and by saying "OK" or "YES", the install went though fine.
>
> Now on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, I sometimes have to do a "purge" for versions, but that 
> is issues on my system, not LibreOffice issues.


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