Re: [libreoffice-users] LO won't open - claims Default.ott is corrupt

On Fri, 31 Mar 2017 17:17:30 +0100
Tom Davies <tomcecf@gmail.com> dijo:

> Renaming the user-profile will remove all the add-ons but it's
> probably a good idea anyway.
> Copying the default.ott from the working computer was brilliant imo,
> as was trying to rename the previous one to see what happened.  I
> wonder if renaming the whole folder that default.ott is in might make
> LO regenerate the whole of that sub-folder?
> Some sort of reinstall might dislodge something and fix it but
> generally reinstalling tends to keep the user-profile (incl
> Extensions/add-ons) intact so it might not do anything useful for this.
> So unless Brian or Regina or someone like that weighs in then going for
> Virgil's idea is likely to be the best 'first' step.  You can always
> rename the user-profile (or chunks of it) back.
> Good luck and regards from Tom :)

Thanks to Tom and everyone else who offered suggestions. I finally bit
the bullet and restarted the computer (I hate that because I have so
many things going on). Afterwards the problem was solved except for the
Default.ott.old file (my renaming). Writer happily opened the 'corrupt'
documents and, after I renamed Default.ott.old back to Default.ott it
opens without bitching about the missing file.

All is right in my world again. And as if it was a sign from the
computer gods, as soon as the problem was resolved the morning clouds
parted and the sun came out. Now I'm going for a walk to celebrate my
victory over evil bugs.

I do wish I knew what happened to cause this. It would be good to let
the devs know, but alas, this will probably remain a mystery.

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