[libreoffice-users] Re: File associations - LibreOffice and OpenOffice on Windows 7

Dennis E. Hamilton wrote:
> You can try to add AOO associations manually, but it might not be effective.
>
> The problem is that LibreOffice, OpenOffice.org, and Apache OpenOffice all use the same (old Star 
> Office) names for the individual application programs.  Even if you succeed in having multiple 
> swriter.exe associations, for example, you may have trouble telling them apart [;<).
>
> I think you already know how to do this, by using the Open With ... context-menu and take the "Choose Default 
> Program" option.  You'll have to find the installed files and select them.  Perhaps even make it the default at 
> first, although you can select the program and remove the check mark on "Always use the selected program ... 
> ".
>
> Thereafter, they should all be offered in the Open With ... without having to be added.  But I 
> suspect this is where you might be frustrated.  (This is how I add WinZip to all of the ODF and 
> OOXML extension names so I can simplify document-forensic work.)

Got it.  You gave me the idea.  Instead of going into the OpenOffice 
folder and selecting, for example, swriter, I selected OpenOffice and it 
now appears as a choice when I right click.  It also now possible to 
choose any of the three to be the default app.

tnx jk


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