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

What I discovered in the Vista VM was that the icons are different between LibreOffice and 
OpenOffice.org scalc and they appear in the Open With ... dialog.  There is no confusion there as a 
result.  Lotus Symphony uses a different file name so there is no problem there.

I don't know whether the "choose program" dialog will allow a shortcut to be used.  That's an 
interesting idea though.  

-----Original Message-----
From: James Knott [mailto:james.knott@rogers.com] 
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 14:25
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: File associations - LibreOffice and OpenOffice on Windows 7

James Knott wrote:
> Dennis E. Hamilton wrote:
[ ... ]
> > 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

I have found another way.  Change the OpenOffice files to owriter etc.  
This way, OpenOffice Writer is displayed, instead of just OpenOffice.org 
3.4, when right clicking.  Perhaps creating a shortcut there may work too.


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