https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44463
JHosier <jhos...@dovergramboys.kent.sch.uk> changed:
What |Removed |Added
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Hardware|Other |x86-64 (AMD64)
Version|unspecified |4.4.0.3 release
--- Comment #5 from JHosier <jhos...@dovergramboys.kent.sch.uk> ---
First-time poster on here :-)
Hi Guys
In response to the Administrator comment I would like to confirm that this bug
appears to still be happening.
I am an IT administrator for a school and I am pleased to say that we primarily
use LibreOffice throughout our school and have done so for years. However, the
staff here also use Microsoft Office as they cannot cope without it :-s
The bug that I always notice is that when installing LibreOffice it steals the
file associations for files which were currently set to Microsoft Office. In my
opinion this does not seem to be dependent on version of libreoffice or
Microsoft Office as I have noticed that it has happened virtually everytime I
have installed or upgraded LibreOffice on staff machines in the past for years.
To be specific in this case for testing purposes I will explain what I can do
to replicate the bug.
As I never trust LibreOffice to not steal the file associations, when setting
up for the first time a new Windows 7 x64 I always install LibreOffice first,
then Microsoft Office 2013 Professional Plus afterwards. The problem occurs
when I need to update the LibreOffice version. I always uninstall LibreOffice
first, then re-install the latest version, in this case 4.4.0.3 release. This
then steals the file associations for .xls, .xlsm, xlsx, ppt, pptx. Strangely
though in this current permuatation .doc and .docx file remain associated with
MSO 2013.
This occurs even though during the installation I untick all of the boxes on
the file association page of the installation in the vain hope that it does not
steal the associations.
I should like to echo the comments that we need this fixing like years ago!
I should like to vote in favour of what Charles said about having a proper
'File Associations Manager' as having to remove LibreOffice theninstalling the
latest version, then repairing MSO 2013, then patching MSO 2013 just to get the
latest version of LibreOffice is simply beyond frustrating.
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