Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 4 install deletes 3.6

Folks

This is a normal function of Windows 7/8 and LO. When installing one 
version higher or lower, it is coded to use a central store in this 
hidden by default location "C:\Users\<user account 
name>\AppData\Roaming\LibreOffice\4\user\config". So installing two 
versions will use the same default store and challenge and change this 
store of the global settings.

This link will show you how to overcome this as I have done with 4.0.42 
and 4.1.0.3 running simultaneously  in a windows environment 
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_in_parallel. The web link 
supplied explains on how to relocate the global settings into the second 
version of LO installed so as not to create any conflicts.

Although I have never attempted this with AOO, I am sure a similiar 
process can be found on their website and done. As per above my LO 
version global setting are now located as such 
C:\Applications\LibreOffice 4.1\Data\settings\user\config.

Regards

Andrew

On 24/07/2013 03:26 AM, Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote:
> I think Win7 may think LO 4.x is the upgrade to 3.x and decide that to 
> install the newer version it must uninstall the older one.  I have 
> noticed that with a lot of packages lately.  Win7 deletes any previous 
> versions of the software before the newer one is installed.
>
> To be honest
> For most users, they would want that to happen.  The "average" user 
> does not want multiple versions of a package installed on a Windows 
> system.  So, I would say that Win7 or even Win8, might thing it is a 
> proper thing to do, uninstall old before new is installed to avoid 
> package conflicts or mis-matched DLL files, etc., etc..
>
>
>
>
> On 07/23/2013 09:01 PM, V Stuart Foote wrote:
> > Virgil,
> >
> > Not sure how far down the rabbit hole you'd like to go, but the 
> > simple truth is that full installs of LibreOffice 3.x and LibreOffice 
> > 4.x use identical components of Microsoft Windows registry and system 
> > paths and are mutually exclusive.
> >
> > One can happily run multiple versions of LibreOffice (or a mix of 
> > LibreOffice and OpenOffice), but they will not be fully integrated 
> > with Microsoft Windows OS--and at any given time only one can be 
> > fully integrated with the Windows OS.
> >
> > Recognizing that this is the normal use case--that is how the 
> > LibreOffice installer behaves by default. If you need it to do 
> > something else you have to do more than click on the installer. And, 
> > fyi, the Apache OpenOffice installer behaves exactly the same, but is 
> > less functional in migrating user settings and supporting extensions.
> >
> > Stuart
> >
> > ________________________________________
> > From: Virgil Arrington [cuyfalls@hotmail.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 7:52 PM
> > To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> > Subject: [libreoffice-users] LO 4 install deletes 3.6
> >
> > In an attempt to compare the latest LO and AOO offerings, today I 
> > installed both LO 4.0.4 and AOO 4.0 on my Win7 machine.
> >
> > Until now, I have been happily using LO 3.6.6.2, having previously 
> > tried an earlier release in the LO 4 series.
> >
> > When I previously installed LO 4, I noticed that it seemed to 
> > uninstall my previous version of LO 3.6. After encountering some 
> > problems with LO 4, I uninstalled it and reinstalled LO 3.6.
> >
> > On the prior occasion, I just assumed that, when installing LO 4, I 
> > had inadvertently clicked some option to uninstall the old 3.6. So, 
> > today, when I installed LO 4, I was very careful to make sure that I 
> > did not check any box indicating my desire to uninstall LO 3.6.6.2.
> >
> > Nevertheless, LO 4 installed and, once again, my installation of LO 
> > 3.6.6.2 disappeared.
> >
> > Does anyone know if this is intentional behavior? It has happened to 
> > me now twice, and I’m 90% certain that it was not due to anything I did.
> >
> > If it is intentional, I find it most offensive. I can’t believe the 
> > TDF developers would be so presumptuous as to decide for me that I no 
> > longer want LO 3.6 on my system. This is the type of “let us think 
> > for you” behavior I would expect from MS, not from a FOSS project.
> >
> > btw, AOO 4.0 installed quite nicely *next to* AOO 3.4.1, and I am 
> > able to run both programs.
> >
> > Sorry, TDF, but on this one I have to give AOO a +1.
> >
> > Virgil
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