Re: [libreoffice-users] All docs need recovery?

Thanks Paul,

There are some ".~lock...#" files, but not many. I'm pretty sure more 
files than that are asking for recovery.

Also, I notice the lock files have filenames in them, that refer to 
files under .config, which don't get synced by Nextcloud. Is that likely 
to be a problem?

Cheers,
Richard

On 18/08/25 11:03, Paul D. Mirowsky wrote:
> Have you checked for "~lock" files on local and Nextcloud?
>
> On 8/16/25 06:06, Richard Hector wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm seeing a problem where apparently every (.docx?) document needs 
> > recovery on opening. I don't believe these documents were the result 
> > of a crash, which is what Writer is suggesting. If I try to recover, 
> > the recovery fails.
> >
> > Background:
> >
> > My father finally got sick enough of MS to ask me to set him up with 
> > Linux.
> >
> > I built him a Debian 12 box, with LO, to experiment with, and he said 
> > he was happy with it. He was already using Nextcloud to sync his 
> > files, because that seemed the easiest way to back up his Windows 
> > machines. That made it relatively easy to sync to the new Debian box 
> > as well, so all his files were available.
> >
> > The initial system seemed to be able to open MS and other documents fine.
> >
> > Then recently I upgraded his laptop from Windows 10 to Debian 12, 
> > because he's getting on a bit and wasn't getting out of his chair to 
> > go and use a desktop ...
> >
> > Now, when he tries to open documents on the new machine, LO says they 
> > need recovery. This seems to apply to all docx files, though I haven't 
> > done an exhaustive search. I tried on the desktop, and the problem now 
> > exists there too. I'm pretty sure it didn't before, though as I say it 
> > didn't get much use.
> >
> > So I suspect most of these files were as saved by MS Word, but some 
> > may have been saved by LO.
> >
> > I did a web search, and found some stuff about this kind of thing, but 
> > it dates back a bit - I think it appears in the 2011 - 2014 range.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> > Should I 'discard the recovery data', which seems to be the only option?
> >
> > Are the files actually corrupt? Is there a LO bug? Has Nextcloud left 
> > something behind that's triggering this?
> >
> > Is there a way to fix all the files at once, (eg a commandline program 
> > from 'find'), if that's what's needed?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Richard


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