Re: [libreoffice-users] Changing the user profile location

Hi Eustace,

Eustace schrieb am 10.04.2024 um 11:51:
> I would like to change the user profile from the AppData folder to the 
> folder C:\\My Stuff\LibreOffice, where I moved the profile from another 
> computer. How do I do this?

I know two ways to tell LibreOffice were the user profile is located: 
(1) Editing the file bootstrap.ini
(2) Call LibreOffice with a parameter
There might exist further ways.

(1)
The file bootstrap.ini is located in the programs folder in 
\LibreOffice\program. You can edited it with a simple editor. The file 
has a line like
UserInstallation=$SYSUSERCONFIG/LibreOffice/4
In your case the entry needs to be
UserInstallation=file:///c:/My%20Stuff/LibreOffice

The %20 is for the space. BTW, you should not use folder names with 
spaces. If you need a distance for better readability, it is better to 
use an underscore instead of a space.

There exists some more $ variables. For example if you do not install 
LibreOffice in the programs folder but for example in the folder 
LibreOfficeTest, than with the setting
UserInstallation=$ORIGIN/..
the user profile is created into the same folder as the program itself.

(2)
You do never start LibreOffice with double-click on a document or Open 
from context menu. In that case you can create a shortcut for 
LibreOffice e.g. on the Desktop. Such shortcut can contain the parameter 
-env:UserInstallation.

To create a shortcut on the Desktop find the file soffice.exe in the 
programs folder in \LibreOffic\program. Right-click the file. The 
context menu has the item "Send to" and therein "Desktop (create 
shortcut)". On Windows 11 you need to extend the context menu with "Show 
more options".
Or you create the shortcut from "Create shortcut" and move it later to 
the target place.

When the shortcut is created, right-click it and use item 'Properties'. 
You will find a line "Target". It might have an entry like
"C:\Program Files\LibreOffice\program\soffice.exe"
After that text you add
-env:UserInstallation=file:///c:/My%20Stuff/LibreOffice

The workflow is then to first start LibreOffice from this shortcut and 
then from inside LibreOffice open the documents.

The method (2) allows to use one LibreOffice installation with different 
user profiles, for example one with default English UI and one with 
customized toolbars or a different UI language.

Do not forget to make backups before you test any of these methods!

Kind regards,
Regina





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