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updater: how can I get rid of the libreoffice still version?

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updater: how can I get rid of the libreoffice still version?

hello,
I am using the libreoffice suite for years. Until last month I did not know there are different versions of that office suite. Now I learned that I use the fresh-version and besides there is also a still-version available. I would not mind about it, but the updater lately offers updates for both versions. Since I never installed a still version I am not interested in updating it and would like to get rid of that option. For me there is no reason to install two different versions of libreoffice and I wonder, why the updater now wants to update a version I never installed and definitely don't want to.
Is there an option to deactivate the update for the still version because that is really irritating.
Theo

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If it's offering to update it, it's likely detecting a part of it still installed. Explore to your X:\PortableApps directory (or similar location as you have installed it) and see if there is a LibreOfficePortablePrevious directory. If so, that's why the updater is offering to update it. Deleting that directory will stop the behavior.

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Hello John,
thanks for your feedback. You are right, there was a "LibreOffice Previous" directory containing the still-version. No idea how it got there. Deleting that directory stopped the behavior as you mentioned.

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You may have had it installed before and hidden it in the platform (right-click option) at some point.

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