Re: [libreoffice-users] Changing the user profile location

[emfril]

On 2024-04-10 09:23, Regina Henschel wrote:

Hi Eustace,

Eustace schrieb am 10.04.2024 um 11:51:
I would like to change the user profile from the AppData 
folder to the folder C:\\My Stuff\LibreOffice, where I moved 
the profile from another computer. How do I do this?




I know two ways to tell LibreOffice were the user profile is 
located: (1) Editing the file bootstrap.ini

(2) Call LibreOffice with a parameter
There might exist further ways.

(1)
The file bootstrap.ini is located in the programs folder in 
\LibreOffice\program. You can edited it with a simple editor. 
The file has a line like

UserInstallation=$SYSUSERCONFIG/LibreOffice/4
In your case the entry needs to be
UserInstallation=file:///c:/My%20Stuff/LibreOffice

The %20 is for the space. BTW, you should not use folder names 
with spaces. If you need a distance for better readability, it 
is better to use an underscore instead of a space.


There exists some more $ variables. For example if you do not 
install LibreOffice in the programs folder but for example in 
the folder LibreOfficeTest, than with the setting

UserInstallation=$ORIGIN/..
the user profile is created into the same folder as the program 
itself.


(2)
You do never start LibreOffice with double-click on a document 
or Open from context menu. In that case you can create a 
shortcut for LibreOffice e.g. on the Desktop. Such shortcut can 
contain the parameter -env:UserInstallation.


To create a shortcut on the Desktop find the file soffice.exe in 
the programs folder in \LibreOffic\program. Right-click the 
file. The context menu has the item "Send to" and therein 
"Desktop (create shortcut)". On Windows 11 you need to extend 
the context menu with "Show more options".
Or you create the shortcut from "Create shortcut" and move it 
later to the target place.


When the shortcut is created, right-click it and use item 
'Properties'. You will find a line "Target". It might have an 
entry like

"C:\Program Files\LibreOffice\program\soffice.exe"
After that text you add
-env:UserInstallation=file:///c:/My%20Stuff/LibreOffice

The workflow is then to first start LibreOffice from this 
shortcut and then from inside LibreOffice open the documents.


The method (2) allows to use one LibreOffice installation with 
different user profiles, for example one with default English UI 
and one with customized toolbars or a different UI language.


Do not forget to make backups before you test any of these methods!

Kind regards,
Regina


Thanks for the extensive directions (including how to make 
shortcuts!) I remembered I had used in the past the 
bootstrap.ini editing method — I guess I had to refresh my 
memory. I did not know the second one but it's inferior since 
you cannot open a document directly.


Yes, I know about the difficulties of using spaces in file 
names, like having to refer to them as MYSTUFF~1 in DOS. One day 
I should decide to use underscores, but I am afraid of breaking 
something I have already built...


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Re: [libreoffice-users] AltSearch extension no longer listed

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

Thank you, Robert. The URL has changed (from 
show/alternative-dialog-find-replace-for-writer to show/70066). Maybe the 
search tool took a while to pick it up, since I'm sure (pretty sure) that I 
tried doing a search again before sending my message.
- Robert #2


From: Robert Großkopf 
Sent: April 15, 2024 16:20
To: users@global.libreoffice.org 
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] AltSearch extension no longer listed

Hi Robert,

> I can no longer find AltSearch (Alternative Find & Replace for Writer) at 
> https://extensions.libreoffice.org. Can 
> anyone else find it?

https://extensions.libreoffice.org/en/extensions/show/70066

Seems to be updated 17 hours ago.

Regards

Robert (Großkopf)


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Re: [libreoffice-users] AltSearch extension no longer listed

[Robert Großkopf]

Hi Robert,


I can no longer find AltSearch (Alternative Find & Replace for Writer) at 
https://extensions.libreoffice.org/. Can anyone else find it?


https://extensions.libreoffice.org/en/extensions/show/70066

Seems to be updated 17 hours ago.

Regards

Robert (Großkopf)
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[libreoffice-users] AltSearch extension no longer listed

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

I can no longer find AltSearch (Alternative Find & Replace for Writer) at 
https://extensions.libreoffice.org/. Can anyone else find it?

According to https://web.archive.org, it was still there as of 2024 Mar 10.

It's very old and unmaintained, and apparently it's buggy (e.g., 
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38261#c28), but it has 
always done what I needed. It is still available at 
https://extensions.openoffice.org/en/project/AltSearch.

Thank you.

- Robert


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Re: [libreoffice-users] problem

[Italo Vignoli]

LibreOffice updates don't touch documents, while Windows updates can 
cause such problems by simply losing the association between a 
non-Microsoft application such as LibreOffice and its files, which are 
stored in the Documents folder.


Please try the following solution: (1) right-click on any LibreOffice 
file, (2) select Open with, (3) left-click on Select other application, 
(4) click on the LibreOffice (Writer, Calc, Impress) icon, (5) check 
Always use the selected application to open the file, (6) and press OK.


If this doesn't solve the problem, then Windows 10 has messed up the 
association in the Windows registry, and the solution is not trivial at 
all, as the Windows registry should be managed by someone who is expert 
in this area to avoid screwing up the entire Windows 10 installation.


In this case, the best option is to uninstall and reinstall LibreOffice 
from scratch, as this process may reset file associations. Please check 
that the file associations are set correctly during the installation by 
selecting all the checkboxes in the corresponding dialogue box.


Best regards.


On 15/04/24 13:52, Paul Moore wrote:
hi what is going on with the updates as all my documents that are listed 
just come up with lines and nothing else


and i cant seem to get them back. i can see them on the recent documents 
but that's all. hopefully something can be done


thanking you Paul



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[libreoffice-users] problem

[Paul Moore]

hi what is going on with the updates as all my documents that are listed 
just come up with lines and nothing else


and i cant seem to get them back. i can see them on the recent documents 
but that's all. hopefully something can be done


thanking you Paul


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Re: [libreoffice-users] Cancel

[Robert Großkopf]

Hi Sally,

this is a list for userers of LibreOffice. Tehere is nobody who could 
cancel any redurring donation.


Regards

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