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

Regretfully I cannot answer as to Nextcloud/Localized combination.

The sequence in the event driven process path of both identical"saved" 
files is not known to me.

Did you try Hyltons' method?


On 8/18/25 07:38, Richard Hector wrote:
> 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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