Re: [libreoffice-users] Auto recovery problem

Thanks for this suggestion.  I'll try it next time I notice the problem 
(which could be soon since I'm not convinced I've fixed it).

Carl


On 2/4/19 8:09 PM, Girvin Herr wrote:
> Carl,
>
> I have experienced this endless auto-recovery on startup problem 
> before. Whenever I got it, I "reset" my user profile and it stopped 
> doing it. Offhand, I don't remember the exact steps to do that, but a 
> search of this forum should turn up the procedure or maybe someone out 
> there who knows it can give it to you. I have developed the process of 
> occasionally saving the good profile in a directory somewhere so I can 
> just copy it back to resolve such a problem and still keep my settings.
>
> HTH.
>
> Girvin Herr
>
>
> On 2/4/19 4:13 PM, Carl Paulsen wrote:
> > Windows 10.  I think the LO version is either 6.1.4 or the previous 
> > one. Note that earlier in the day I was struggling with the same 
> > problems and saw that LO was telling me there was a new release. So 
> > in desperation I upgraded, which I think was to 6.1.4.  That computer 
> > is down for the night but I can check again tomorrow.  In any case 
> > that didn't fix it.
> >
> > Note that I eventually got the system to work...sometimes.  I had 
> > de-registered the databases for my other issue, cleared the 
> > auto-recovery, started working with new files and got them to work 
> > sometimes.  An example is a label document, where I saved the labels 
> > as a LO Writer document with the merge fields in it, and merged to a 
> > full sheet.  That document continues to open with the auto-recover 
> > for itself, whether I discard the recovery point or not.  When it 
> > opens it seems to work fine.
> >
> > With another document, a merge letter, I saved it with merge fields 
> > in place.  That one appears to open without the auto-recovery, though 
> > this one opened with merge data in the place of the fields.  And in 
> > this case I at some point I exchanged databases so I could build a 
> > merged file with a second data set. What seems like is happening is 
> > the documents get saved and closed, and then there's some kind of 
> > flag in the file that didn't get reset by the save, which marks it as 
> > damaged/needing recovery.  So it triggers the auto-recovery system 
> > even when it's not needed.
> >
> > Carl
> >
> >
> > On 2/4/19 6:06 PM, Dan Lewis wrote:
> > > Two things are needed to help you: your version of LibreOffice, and 
> > > your operating system.
> > >
> > > Dan
> > >
> > > On 2/4/19 4:43 PM, Carl Paulsen wrote:
> > > > I'm trying to create a mail merge document for a letter.  I'm 
> > > > adding fields directly to retain formatting control and NOT have to 
> > > > deal with a text block which is how the wizard inserts addresses.  
> > > > I've had some success after a LONG time trying to figure out how to 
> > > > do this.  Documentation is a bit lacking on this approach.
> > > >
> > > > The real problem is happening when I try to close and then reopen 
> > > > the document.  The file appears to close fine but when I try to 
> > > > reopen it, LibreOffice seems to think the file is damaged.  I can 
> > > > recover and the file opens fine, but same thing happens when I try 
> > > > to reopen again.  I can also "discard" the auto-recovery which 
> > > > should fix the auto-recover so it doesn't come up again, but in 
> > > > fact it DOES.  Even when discarding recovery points, the program 
> > > > continues to think there's a problem with the file and re-opens the 
> > > > auto recovery.
> > > >
> > > > I can't find any way to deal with this problem.  BTW, it seems that 
> > > > I finally figured out how to generate the merged letters, so I 
> > > > assume the file is basically OK.  But I still get the auto-recovery 
> > > > screen.
> > > >
> > > > I'd love to get this to stop.  It's a hassle, slows me down, and 
> > > > doesn't show LO at it's best when I'm showing friends and clients.
> > > >
> > > > Carl

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