Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: install of 3.5.4 over 3.4.6 removed all my extensions

Hi :)
Ouch!  I'm glad we have managed to avoid saying it sucks!  (oops)

I was really hoping the sensible way would work.  Ideally i had imagined copying the old 
user-profile all around the place and then installing the newer LO so that 'a few' (hopefully not 
too many) settings might get changed or added.  I'm sure it has worked for me but i haven't been 
taking much notice tbh.  

Mostly i just reconfigure whichever machine i happen to be hot-desking on but not in a structured 
and planned way.  I've noticed users who complain about a thing not being set a certain way tend to 
set it back after i take the trouble to set it up the way they said they wanted.  So, i tend to set 
things the way i prefer on my logins and leave them to it.  I need to be more organised though.  
The xcu thing looks interesting.  

Regards from
Tom :)



--- On Sun, 3/6/12, Andreas Säger <villeroy@t-online.de> wrote:

From: Andreas Säger <villeroy@t-online.de>
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: install of 3.5.4 over 3.4.6 removed all my extensions
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Sunday, 3 June, 2012, 16:26

Am 03.06.2012 11:28, Alexander Thurgood wrote:
> Le 03/06/12 11:03, Tom Davies a écrit :
>
> Hi Tom,
>
> > Hi :)
> > I thought it was possible to copy user-profiles between different machines?  Even between ones 
> > running different OSes?  Is it not possible to copy&paste the Extensions folder from the old 
> > folder position to the new one?  Something like the equivalent of
>
> In theory, yes. In practice, YMMV. I always now systematically rename my
> LO user profile before installing a new version, then install the new
> version, start it once, and then replace the user profile created with
> my previously backed up one. It sucks that one should have to do this in
> order to preseve one's settings. I know of no other app where this is
> the case.

IMHO, this is completely inacceptable because this program's productivity depends very much on 
customization.
You can zip your profile and send it to the developers with detailed info about your system and 
which upgrade was spoiled by that particular profile.
According to exprerience with parallel installations, extensions are the main culprit. You may try 
to remove all your additional extensions before installation and see if this helps somehow.


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