Re: [libreoffice-users] damaged file issue

Thank you.  I tried it and it worked, ... and the security file is 
intact.  :)   :)

John


On 05/14/2016 01:04 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
> I think it's a left-over from a previous era that is rarely useful
> nowadays.  Just click on "don't bother to attempt to recover because i'm
> happy with just opening the file" - or however it phrases it!
>
> In reverse order ...
>
> 3.  No, password protection is not a factor with LO's / AOO's desire to try
> to apologise for having been shut-down and it's attempt to please it's
> human in a somewhat nervous way.  Firefox tries to do something similar.
>
> 2.  No the file is unlikely to be missing anything or to be at all
> damaged.  In the last 10 or so years many advances in technology have
> reduced both the chance of a hardware, firmware or software crash happening
> in the first place (even in Windows) and have reduced the chance of such
> crashes damaging anything.  Journalised file-systems such as Ntfs and Ext3
> (or higher) have become quite widely used, as one example.
>
> 1.  I don't know why this still exists but it "goes against the grain" to
> post a feature request to make things more vulnerable !  Maybe it is time
> to relegate this feature to being a menu-item, such as the "Help" menu or
> somewhere.
>
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>
> On 13 May 2016 at 16:47, John R. Sowden <jsowden@americansentry.net> wrote:
>
> > Whenever I start LO 5, I get a message about a file that is damaged and I
> > am asked if I want to fix it.  I say yes, LO comes back and says it cannot
> > be fixed.
> >
> > I am able to access the file (password protected SS) with no problem.
> >
> > I am offered the option of deleting information regarding fixing the
> > problem.  Once when this happened months ago, I said yes.  I got an 'are
> > you sure?' msg box.  This worries me.
> >
> > Q1: Why am I receiving this when I can access the file fine?
> >
> > Q2: What is in the file that has recovery information; is the the damaged
> > file?
> >
> > Q3: Is the fact that the file is password protected a factor here?
> >
> >
> > Ubuntu 14.04
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> >
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