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

On 2024-04-10 09:23, Regina Henschel wrote:
> 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

Thanks for the extensive directions (including how to make 
shortcuts!) I remembered I had used in the past the 
bootstrap.ini editing method — I guess I had to refresh my 
memory. I did not know the second one but it's inferior since 
you cannot open a document directly.

Yes, I know about the difficulties of using spaces in file 
names, like having to refer to them as MYSTUFF~1 in DOS. One day 
I should decide to use underscores, but I am afraid of breaking 
something I have already built...

Eustace
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