On Sat, 05 Jun 2004 21:34:46 +1000 Russell Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Lee Wiggers wrote: > > On Fri, 4 Jun 2004 13:28:11 +0200 > > Kaj Haulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>On Friday 04 June 2004 09:08, Lee Wiggers wrote: > >> > >><snip> > >> > >>>When I change mine to OpenOffice.org 1.0, it stays that way for > >>>that session, but when I close oo, then open a new session, the > >>>default is again "Microsoft Word". > >>> > >>>My solution is to keep the darn program on it's own desktop for > >>>my work, but I've had to work on behavior modification somewhat > >>>(no easy task for this hardhead) to either avoid opening oo > >with>>a click on a file or change the default after the new > >session>>is open. > >>> > >>>Like I said earlier, it's not a major issue. Just an > >annoyance,>>but the list was quiet and I thought maybe an answer > >would pop>>up. > >>> > >>>Thanks Robin and Kaj and others for your input. > >> > >></snip> > >> > >>Hmm.... not much help so far. Only thing I can think of is a > >>permission issue : are you sure that the program can write to > >its >configuration files ? - I remember having this problem in an > > > >>earlier version of OO - or was it Star Office ?. Try checking > >the >ownership and write-permissions in the OO directory. > >> > >>HTH > >> > >>Kaj Haulrich. > >>-- > >>* Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer * > >> * http://www.haulrich.net * > >>* running Linux kernel 2.6.4 on Mandrake 10.0 * > >> > >> > > > > I'll go there next, but I thought I tested this by changing > > other defaults. First I guess I have to find the individual > > .config file for that parameter. Sounds like more of a pita > > than the problem. > > > > Lee > Hi Lee > Sorry to come in late on this one, I hang out on the OOo lists a > bit. > > You could try installing version 1.1.1, or the current .rc3 of > 1.1.2 which are available from the OOo site. You would have to > download the tarball, but it is a very easy install. I have 1.1.1 > running on a MD 10 setup with no trouble. > > Have you tried (I presume the option is available in the MD > install) running "repair" from the install directory? That > sometimes seems to sort out things like file associations. > > HTH > > Russell > > > Sure did run repair first off. I considered the newer oo, but will wait for the rpm from mdk. Box is rpm only right now and I haven't managed to bork it since my 9.2 install (4 times total). Thanks for the input. Lee
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