Re: [discuss] Install Bug

2007-09-07 Thread Olaf Felka

Hi Mark,

Mark Warbinek wrote:

Dear Sir/Madam:

I use OpenOffice, and re-installed the progressive versions as updates. 
What I found was an install bug.


The bug is that the installer does not properly remove the previous 
settings as in the right click menu and the "open with..." list. Both 
ended up showing several "OpenOffice 2" selections and these were caused 
because the previous version remained. This says that to "open with..." 
the list contained "OpenOffice 2.0", and "OpenOffice 2.1", then "2.2" 
etc. This just pads the list and it cannot be removed except manually 
through the registry.


Also, the right click list held the list of "swriter.exe" and 
"OpenOffice 2.2", both leading to the same document editor. That too had 
to be removed manually.


I suggest that with the future uninstallers, that it removes these kinds 
of settings before it reinstalls the new version when installing as an 
update.


Thanks
Mark Warbinek




I can't confirm that. I've tested and installed OOo for many years now 
and a short review shows me that there is only an OpenOffice 2.3 entry 
an in case for a spreadsheet 'scalc' (which is pretty meaning string but 
we have an issue for changing this) by now. If you're right I must have 
several entriel for OOo 2.0.2 up to 2.3.


Regards,
Olaf

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[discuss] Install Bug

2007-09-06 Thread Mark Warbinek

Dear Sir/Madam:

I use OpenOffice, and re-installed the progressive versions as updates.  
What I found was an install bug.


The bug is that the installer does not properly remove the previous  
settings as in the right click menu and the "open with..." list. Both  
ended up showing several "OpenOffice 2" selections and these were caused  
because the previous version remained. This says that to "open with..."  
the list contained "OpenOffice 2.0", and "OpenOffice 2.1", then "2.2" etc.  
This just pads the list and it cannot be removed except manually through  
the registry.


Also, the right click list held the list of "swriter.exe" and "OpenOffice  
2.2", both leading to the same document editor. That too had to be removed  
manually.


I suggest that with the future uninstallers, that it removes these kinds  
of settings before it reinstalls the new version when installing as an  
update.


Thanks
Mark Warbinek


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