Renaming user profile. Re: [libreoffice-users] Auto recovery problem

Hi :)
This link might help;
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/UserProfile

Renaming the profile, or backing it up before resetting it means you keep
all your galleries and templates and stuff in a separate place.  So you can
copy stuff back into your fresh new profile if you want to.

Regards from
a Tom :)

On Wed, 6 Feb 2019 13:20 Carl Paulsen <carlpaulsen@comcast.net wrote:

> 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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