Re: Open Office becoming impossible to use- bug ridden

[Peter Kovacs]

did this help, James?

Am 07.06.23 um 22:59 schrieb Russ Munk:

Maybe this will make it clearer:
[Tutorial] Profile reset on Windows 10 - with images
https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=74=99158 
<https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=74=99158>


On 6/7/2023 12:54 PM, James Baker wrote:
I'm not sure I did what you asked. I renamed the folder in which 
OpenOffice is located, the that is not the application file that 
starts the program. I don't know where to find that, it that's what I 
was supposed to rename. Anyway, this didn't work. It seemed to work 
for part of a day and then is started freezing again Now I can't even 
start it. I'll have to erase it and download a fresh copy.

Jim Baker


*From:* Peter Kovacs 
*Sent:* Sunday, June 4, 2023 10:53 PM
*To:* users@openoffice.apache.org 
*Subject:* Re: Open Office becoming impossible to use- bug ridden

Am 04.06.23 um 22:26 schrieb James Baker:
> How do you do that? I have erased and replaced the program twice 
and it worked briefly, then started freezing again.


the profile is not removed at uninstall, since it would affect 
updates, too.


rename folder %appdata%\OpenOffice\4 (windows)

If this solves the crashes, would you mind to zip and send me the 
profile?


I have a theory why this happens, but it would help to have 
confirmation.



> Jim Baker
> 
> From: Peter Kovacs 
> Sent: Sunday, June 4, 2023 9:54 AM
> To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
> Subject: Re: Open Office becoming impossible to use- bug ridden
>
> Have you tried to reset the profile?
> Am 29.05.23 um 01:42 schrieb James Baker:
>> In the last 2-3 months, it has become increasingly difficult to 
use both spreadsheets and text documents. I add something minimal and 
the blue circle pops up and I get the message “Not Responding”. 
Sometimes that stops after 5 minutes or so and I can continue and 
sometimes it continues for 30 minutes so I have to use Task Manager 
to “End Task” and start over. Have others experienced this? I don’t 
know if the has been an “improvement” made to OpenOffice that is 
causing this or it has been hacked and malware inserted or what. 
Perhaps I will erase my copy and import a new one to see if that 
helps anything.
>> Sent from 
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Re: Open Office becoming impossible to use- bug ridden

[Russ Munk]

Maybe this will make it clearer:
[Tutorial] Profile reset on Windows 10 - with images
https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=74=99158 
<https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=74=99158>


On 6/7/2023 12:54 PM, James Baker wrote:
I'm not sure I did what you asked. I renamed the folder in which 
OpenOffice is located, the that is not the application file that 
starts the program. I don't know where to find that, it that's what I 
was supposed to rename. Anyway, this didn't work. It seemed to work 
for part of a day and then is started freezing again Now I can't even 
start it. I'll have to erase it and download a fresh copy.

Jim Baker


*From:* Peter Kovacs 
*Sent:* Sunday, June 4, 2023 10:53 PM
*To:* users@openoffice.apache.org 
*Subject:* Re: Open Office becoming impossible to use- bug ridden

Am 04.06.23 um 22:26 schrieb James Baker:
> How do you do that? I have erased and replaced the program twice and 
it worked briefly, then started freezing again.


the profile is not removed at uninstall, since it would affect 
updates, too.


rename folder %appdata%\OpenOffice\4 (windows)

If this solves the crashes, would you mind to zip and send me the profile?

I have a theory why this happens, but it would help to have confirmation.


> Jim Baker
> 
> From: Peter Kovacs 
> Sent: Sunday, June 4, 2023 9:54 AM
> To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
> Subject: Re: Open Office becoming impossible to use- bug ridden
>
> Have you tried to reset the profile?
> Am 29.05.23 um 01:42 schrieb James Baker:
>> In the last 2-3 months, it has become increasingly difficult to use 
both spreadsheets and text documents. I add something minimal and the 
blue circle pops up and I get the message “Not Responding”. Sometimes 
that stops after 5 minutes or so and I can continue and sometimes it 
continues for 30 minutes so I have to use Task Manager to “End Task” 
and start over. Have others experienced this? I don’t know if the has 
been an “improvement” made to OpenOffice that is causing this or it 
has been hacked and malware inserted or what. Perhaps I will erase my 
copy and import a new one to see if that helps anything.
>> Sent from 
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Re: Open Office becoming impossible to use- bug ridden

[James Baker]

I'm not sure I did what you asked. I renamed the folder in which OpenOffice is 
located, the that is not the application file that starts the program. I don't 
know where to find that, it that's what I was supposed to rename. Anyway, this 
didn't work. It seemed to work for part of a day and then is started freezing 
again Now I can't even start it. I'll have to erase it and download a fresh 
copy.
Jim Baker
[cid:e1d379dd-26ff-4a62-bcfc-dbe096637bde]

From: Peter Kovacs 
Sent: Sunday, June 4, 2023 10:53 PM
To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: Re: Open Office becoming impossible to use- bug ridden


Am 04.06.23 um 22:26 schrieb James Baker:
> How do you do that? I have erased and replaced the program twice and it 
> worked briefly, then started freezing again.

the profile is not removed at uninstall, since it would affect updates, too.

rename folder %appdata%\OpenOffice\4 (windows)

If this solves the crashes, would you mind to zip and send me the profile?

I have a theory why this happens, but it would help to have confirmation.


> Jim Baker
> 
> From: Peter Kovacs 
> Sent: Sunday, June 4, 2023 9:54 AM
> To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
> Subject: Re: Open Office becoming impossible to use- bug ridden
>
> Have you tried to reset the profile?
> Am 29.05.23 um 01:42 schrieb James Baker:
>> In the last 2-3 months, it has become increasingly difficult to use both 
>> spreadsheets and text documents. I add something minimal and the blue circle 
>> pops up and I get the message “Not Responding”. Sometimes that stops after 5 
>> minutes or so and I can continue and sometimes it continues for 30 minutes 
>> so I have to use Task Manager to “End Task” and start over. Have others 
>> experienced this? I don’t know if the has been an “improvement” made to 
>> OpenOffice that is causing this or it has been hacked and malware inserted 
>> or what. Perhaps I will erase my copy and import a new one to see if that 
>> helps anything.
>> Sent from 
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Re: Open Office becoming impossible to use- bug ridden

[W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof.]

See https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?t=99158, for example, 
for instructions on resetting your profile. You will lose any customizations 
that are stored in the profile, but sometimes they become corrupted.
- Robert




On Sun, Jun 4, 2023 at 2:37 PM James Baker  wrote:

> How do you do that? I have erased and replaced the program twice and it
> worked briefly, then started freezing again.
> Jim Baker
> 
> From: Peter Kovacs 
> Sent: Sunday, June 4, 2023 9:54 AM
> To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
> Subject: Re: Open Office becoming impossible to use- bug ridden
>
> Have you tried to reset the profile?
> Am 29.05.23 um 01:42 schrieb James Baker:
> > In the last 2-3 months, it has become increasingly difficult to use both
> spreadsheets and text documents. I add something minimal and the blue
> circle pops up and I get the message “Not Responding”. Sometimes that stops
> after 5 minutes or so and I can continue and sometimes it continues for 30
> minutes so I have to use Task Manager to “End Task” and start over. Have
> others experienced this? I don’t know if the has been an “improvement” made
> to OpenOffice that is causing this or it has been hacked and malware
> inserted or what. Perhaps I will erase my copy and import a new one to see
> if that helps anything.

Re: Open Office becoming impossible to use- bug ridden

[Peter Kovacs]

Am 04.06.23 um 22:26 schrieb James Baker:

How do you do that? I have erased and replaced the program twice and it worked 
briefly, then started freezing again.


the profile is not removed at uninstall, since it would affect updates, too.

rename folder %appdata%\OpenOffice\4 (windows)

If this solves the crashes, would you mind to zip and send me the profile?

I have a theory why this happens, but it would help to have confirmation.



Jim Baker

From: Peter Kovacs 
Sent: Sunday, June 4, 2023 9:54 AM
To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: Re: Open Office becoming impossible to use- bug ridden

Have you tried to reset the profile?
Am 29.05.23 um 01:42 schrieb James Baker:

In the last 2-3 months, it has become increasingly difficult to use both 
spreadsheets and text documents. I add something minimal and the blue circle 
pops up and I get the message “Not Responding”. Sometimes that stops after 5 
minutes or so and I can continue and sometimes it continues for 30 minutes so I 
have to use Task Manager to “End Task” and start over. Have others experienced 
this? I don’t know if the has been an “improvement” made to OpenOffice that is 
causing this or it has been hacked and malware inserted or what. Perhaps I will 
erase my copy and import a new one to see if that helps anything.
Sent from 
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Re: Open Office becoming impossible to use- bug ridden

[JD]

I have been using it for more than 12 years.
No problems here

On Sun, Jun 4, 2023 at 2:37 PM James Baker  wrote:

> How do you do that? I have erased and replaced the program twice and it
> worked briefly, then started freezing again.
> Jim Baker
> 
> From: Peter Kovacs 
> Sent: Sunday, June 4, 2023 9:54 AM
> To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
> Subject: Re: Open Office becoming impossible to use- bug ridden
>
> Have you tried to reset the profile?
> Am 29.05.23 um 01:42 schrieb James Baker:
> > In the last 2-3 months, it has become increasingly difficult to use both
> spreadsheets and text documents. I add something minimal and the blue
> circle pops up and I get the message “Not Responding”. Sometimes that stops
> after 5 minutes or so and I can continue and sometimes it continues for 30
> minutes so I have to use Task Manager to “End Task” and start over. Have
> others experienced this? I don’t know if the has been an “improvement” made
> to OpenOffice that is causing this or it has been hacked and malware
> inserted or what. Perhaps I will erase my copy and import a new one to see
> if that helps anything.
> > Sent from Mail<
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Re: Open Office becoming impossible to use- bug ridden

[James Baker]

How do you do that? I have erased and replaced the program twice and it worked 
briefly, then started freezing again.
Jim Baker

From: Peter Kovacs 
Sent: Sunday, June 4, 2023 9:54 AM
To: users@openoffice.apache.org 
Subject: Re: Open Office becoming impossible to use- bug ridden

Have you tried to reset the profile?
Am 29.05.23 um 01:42 schrieb James Baker:
> In the last 2-3 months, it has become increasingly difficult to use both 
> spreadsheets and text documents. I add something minimal and the blue circle 
> pops up and I get the message “Not Responding”. Sometimes that stops after 5 
> minutes or so and I can continue and sometimes it continues for 30 minutes so 
> I have to use Task Manager to “End Task” and start over. Have others 
> experienced this? I don’t know if the has been an “improvement” made to 
> OpenOffice that is causing this or it has been hacked and malware inserted or 
> what. Perhaps I will erase my copy and import a new one to see if that helps 
> anything.
> Sent from 
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Re: Open Office becoming impossible to use- bug ridden

[Peter Kovacs]

Have you tried to reset the profile?
Am 29.05.23 um 01:42 schrieb James Baker:

In the last 2-3 months, it has become increasingly difficult to use both 
spreadsheets and text documents. I add something minimal and the blue circle 
pops up and I get the message “Not Responding”. Sometimes that stops after 5 
minutes or so and I can continue and sometimes it continues for 30 minutes so I 
have to use Task Manager to “End Task” and start over. Have others experienced 
this? I don’t know if the has been an “improvement” made to OpenOffice that is 
causing this or it has been hacked and malware inserted or what. Perhaps I will 
erase my copy and import a new one to see if that helps anything.
Sent from Mail for Windows




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Re: Open Office becoming impossible to use- bug ridden

[Dr. Martin Senftleben]

I don't know if you received any reply, I haven't seen any on the list. 
To clarify, I have one question: Do you by any chance use Base as well, 
i.e. do you have a database open when working on the other documents? If 
so, you need to make sure that changes to the database (e.g. forms or 
fields changes) are being saved, else this may lead to a tremendous lag. 
Saving the database is different from changing changes to the contents 
of a field. You have to go to the general database window and choose 
save from the menu (or click on the save icon).
Beyond that, I have not experienced such issues, but I am using Linux 
and not Windows.
In any case: if there is malware involved, it hasn't come from 
OpenOffice, at least not from the package, if you installed it from the 
official website. There are many ways malware can become active on your 
PC, mostly it's via an email, but it can also be via a document (macros) 
etc.. If Malware causes the problems, it's most likely not helpful to 
reinstall OpenOffice, but you should then use a good virus and malware 
scanner to identify and remove it.


Regards,

Martin

Am 29.05.23 um 01:42 schrieb James Baker:

In the last 2-3 months, it has become increasingly difficult to use both 
spreadsheets and text documents. I add something minimal and the blue circle 
pops up and I get the message “Not Responding”. Sometimes that stops after 5 
minutes or so and I can continue and sometimes it continues for 30 minutes so I 
have to use Task Manager to “End Task” and start over. Have others experienced 
this? I don’t know if the has been an “improvement” made to OpenOffice that is 
causing this or it has been hacked and malware inserted or what. Perhaps I will 
erase my copy and import a new one to see if that helps anything.
Sent from Mail for Windows




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