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Problem with paths and OpenOffice doesn't start

Submitted by Lupo73 on February 19, 2009 - 8:39am

I have installed OO on Desktop, then I copy it to another folder before run it. After that I tried to run OO from both directories: from desktop started, from the other dir didn't start. Any idea?

I tried to detect and I found that in "App\openoffice\program\bootstrap.ini" the string UserInstallation is changed (now is an absolute path), can it be the cause?

Thanks!

ini file

Submitted by anon_private on February 15, 2009 - 6:51am

Hi,

Must I install openoffice to my hardrive to configure the ini?

I don't really have the space.

It is a portable suite and should run on any machine. Why would the ini be relevant?

Can it be configured manually?

Thanks

[moved to OpenOffice.org Portable forum by mod JTH]

Customizable OpenOffice Installer (Choose which applications)

Submitted by derekmski on February 11, 2009 - 5:10pm

Hello, you should make a customizable installer so that you can choose which components of OpenOffice you want to install. For example, all I want is Writer, Calc, and Impress. I don't want draw, math and especially base. If you can't do this, at least tell me how to remove the others ones completely, not just the icon, I want to save space.

Manual upgrade to 3.0.1?

Submitted by VSG on January 29, 2009 - 12:27pm

Hi there!

I was wondering, is there any possibility to do a manual upgrade to the newest version of OpenOffice.org?
For example to download a copy of 3.0.1 and just replace the "OpenOffice"-folder in the PortableApps-version with the new one?

As with version 3 I encountered a very long delay between the official version and the portable ones. So I'd like to do a workaround in between.

However the above mentioned method does not work.
Anyone knows how to do it or is the only possibility just to wait till the official version comes out?

Windows can't find it....

Submitted by gwc42 on January 28, 2009 - 8:58am

I wonder if someone could help me. I have openoffice 3 on a laptop running windows XP. The software runs OK But I can't seem to start it up by double-clicking a document (which I used to be able to do). Furthermore, if I right-click and select "choose program to open with" (or whatever the wording is) OO doesn't appear on the list. I can navigate to the folder (under AppsPortable in my root C drive) but can't selectt the program. I can drag documents onto a shortcut on the desktop and they will open, but this is tedious, I want to be able to simply double click as I used to. Any ideas?

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