Re: [users] Re: Uninstall
2010/4/24 Mark C. Miller mr.mcmil...@gmail.com: On Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:55:50 -0700, Barb Griffith wrote: I want to uninstall OpenOffice. But my computer will not do it. What can I do? Please help! Thank you, Barbara What operating system are you using? Windows is add/remove program (as others have pointed out) Ubuntu is through the Synaptic Program Manager (the power users can tell you how to do it from the command line.) Don't have a clue of how to do it in a MAC Mac: drag the application folder to the bin, drag the application support folder (from the Library) to the bin too. But why would you want to throw away the program? That might be interesting for us, users and developers, to know - and may be we can also convince you of its utility for you... -- Guy using dutch OOo 3.2 on a iMac Intel DualCore Snow Leopard and brazilian OOo 3.2 on an Intel MacBook Pro Leopard -- please reply only to users@openoffice.org -- Dodoes can't afford to have headaches - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Re: Uninstall
On Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:55:50 -0700, Barb Griffith wrote: I want to uninstall OpenOffice. But my computer will not do it. What can I do? Please help! Thank you, Barbara What operating system are you using? Windows is add/remove program (as others have pointed out) Ubuntu is through the Synaptic Program Manager (the power users can tell you how to do it from the command line.) Don't have a clue of how to do it in a MAC - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Re: Uninstall
In news:901248.8569...@web82203.mail.mud.yahoo.com, Barb Griffith griffith7...@sbcglobal.net typed: I want to uninstall OpenOffice. But my computer will not do it. What can I do? Please help! Thank you, Barbara What have you tried so far? Add or Remove should do it AFAIK. HTH, Twayne` - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Re: Uninstall
Twayne wrote: In news:901248.8569...@web82203.mail.mud.yahoo.com, Barb Griffithgriffith7...@sbcglobal.net typed: I want to uninstall OpenOffice. But my computer will not do it. What can I do? Please help! Thank you, Barbara What have you tried so far? Add or Remove should do it AFAIK. HTH, Twayne` Make sure you close the Quick Starter among the icons next to the computer clock (bottom right of screen). Dan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Re: UNINSTALL
Paul wrote: On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 3:54 PM, Marie McDonald drmariemcdon...@yahoo.comwrote: I have not been able to uninstall this program through the add/remove program section of my control panel. Please send my specific instructions on how to uninstall this program. I do no want to use it...it installed when I opened a form that had to be completed. It is slowing down my computer and I DO NO WANT IT!! Please respond ASAP...this is a pain. The users-owners list is not for user questions - only questions to do with administration of the mailing list itself. In response to your question however - you need to provide more information on what error messages are coming up when you are trying to uninstall through the add/remove environment. Someone will be able to assist if you respond to us...@openoffice.org. /paul There's something very wrong here -- unintentional installation? I *really* doubt that. Marie, what makes you think that OOo is installed? Is there a folder in your start menu, or any icon on your desktop? Assuming you are running Windows, is there a folder for OpenOffice.org in Program Files? If not, OOo was not installed. Even if installed, it could only slow down startup (if its QuickStarter function was active) -- otherwise, it can only occupy space on the hard drive, which should not affect performance unless it contributed to serious disk fragmentation (you should probably run a defrag utility, in any case). If you find an OOo folder in Program Files. the quick and dirty way to uninstall is to delete that folder; this will not clean up any registry entries, so you'd need to run a utility for that (Google is your friend here; try registry cleanup as a search term). Normal installation always makes a true uninstall available through Add/Remove Programs. If you did not find an OOo folder, but did have a file on your desktop (or wherever your downloads ordinarily go), you can simply delete it; it's an installer, not the application itself. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Re: Uninstall OpenOffice
I do not want Open Office on my computer anymore and want to uninstall it. I can't find it in my add/remove programs and it did not install any uninstall program with it when it downloaded to the computer. One way to tell if it's installed is to see if the files swriter.exe or scalc.exe exist anywhere on your hard drive in your Program Files folder. If they do not, then it was not installed; chances are excellent you will have nothing but the installer files. Those you can simple delete: Nothing to uninstall. I would appreciate assistance with this problem. Sincerely, Catherine Page **One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dpicid=aolcom40vanityncid=emlcntaolcom0025) Since you didn't bother to mention it, I'll assume you have windows XP and SP2 or 3: If you are absolutely certain it was installed, and you can run programs like Writer and Calc etc., there are a couple things you can do. But if you do not have, say Writer, as one of the entries when you click Start; Programs and look thru the list, then all you have are the download files. It was never installed. For clarification, may I ask why you want to uninstall it? That answer may help with this answer. First, it's possible you never installed it but only downloaded the installer files. Is that the case? Second, if you did actually install it, have used one or more of the programs, and it doesn't show up in Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel, then you have had a system glitch. If it was installed, it either has to be in Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel, or somethign went wrong and it didn't register properly in your registry. That COULD be the reason you are dissatisfied with it; if that failed, what else failed? Try downloading and installing the free program called Add-Remove Pro located at www.superwin.com . If OO.o is installed, it is capable of locating it, determining whether it is properly registered in your computer, and can remove it for you in most cases. When you run the program any program listed with a red balloon on the left side is somehow improperly installed or not completely installed. Obviously it can't work miracles, but to date it has never failed to allow me to repair a program that has problems in the Add or Remove Problems are in Control Panel. If it does not show OO, then chances are almost certain that it is not installed. Also, if it WAS installed, and not included in Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel, then your computer could have either corrupted system files or malware on it. Which is a different animal than what you asked about and the subject of another thread. There are other less elegant ways of taking care of the problem but the issue of whether OOo was actually installed must be settled first or you might go through a lot of work for nothing. Feel free to return with further questions, but please be certain to settle whether it's actually installed or not. HTH, Twayne - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Re: Uninstall previous versions
On 10/14/2008 12:29 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote: At the moment I cannot get to the OOo home page. When I go to http://www.openoffice.org I get directly to a download page instead of the home page of OOo. And the download page lists a Linux version, but does not say if it is the 64-bit or 32-bit version. I think I should wait until things settle down. You can probably walk down the road and wave to the guys that run this mirror :-) ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/openoffice/stable/3.0.0 This version of 3.0 will not affect your 2.4.1; it will install into /opt and the path to the soffice file is: /opt/openoffice.org3/program/soffice Your new user profile will be located at: /home/username/.openoffice.org/3/user If you wish, back up your 2.4.1 user profile (it's a good idea to do this occasionally anyway) first, but OOo3.0 will not install or modify your /home/user/.openoffice.org2/user. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Uninstall previous versions
On 10/14/2008 09:46 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote: I finally got the file from a UK site that was very fast. That is, I think it is the right file - it is: OOo_3.0.0_LinuxX86-64_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz But when I untarred it I got deb files with a date of September 30. Furthermore, it untarred into 48 individual deb files. That's because OOo3.0 is the same as OOo 3.0_m9_RC4. Those files should be fine. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Re: Uninstall Issue for Open Office
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 11 October 2007 16:34:34 Frank Gilloon wrote: I will report you and the others to the proper federal authorities. And your ip. May your day go as arrogantly as it has been. I hope the rest of you will report this guy to his ISP as I have done. I appreciate your passionate objection to the way the man insulted folks on- and off-list. And I recognize that this is an international mailing list and that laws and mores and customs differ all around the globe. But Mr. Gilloon's ISP is in Iowa, U.S.A., and unless he is guilty of committing libel, or of posting porn, or of making direct threats to harm someone, he is perfectly within his rights to express himself here in the US. Of course, constitutional rights such as that precious First Amendment are fast evaporating here in recent years, but as far as I know no ISP would deny a customer the right to make an ass of himself, short of the infractions I listed. I agree with others that a positive and helpful mailing list culture can pretty well be self-maintained by our response, or lack thereof, to unwelcome behavior. kazar -- Datatude, Ltd. tech strategies database solutions www.datatude.net http://www.datatude.net/ Visit our RAD Tools of Choice forums at datatude.network http://network.datatude.net/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] [OT] [users] Re: Uninstall Issue for Open Office
Larry Gusaas wrote: This guy is a rude a-hole Wow, that is quite an understatement; I admire your restraint. Turns out (since I did not know he is not subscribed) he never saw my post (quoted in you last message in this thread). Someone kindly wrote to me privately with a heads-up on that point but I decided I would leave Mr. Gilloon on his own with his personality problems. Better things to do in my day than to attempt to fix the hopelessly broken. kazar -- Datatude, Ltd. tech strategies database solutions www.datatude.net http://www.datatude.net/ Visit our RAD Tools of Choice forums at datatude.network http://network.datatude.net/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Re: Uninstall Issue for Open Office
2007/10/11, Larry Gusaas [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Larry I. Gusaas Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Larry, do you really live in a Moose Jaw? -- Guy - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Uninstall Issue for Open Office
On 10/11/07 3:32 AM, Datatude wrote: Frank Gilloon wrote: I do not believe this is a Microsoft issue. And, I do not want nor do I need a CleanUp Utility. Open Office.org 2.2 is not Microsoft Office. Open Office.org is not a Microsoft product. But, even though you did not explain to anyone (at least not in the quoted material below) what operating system you use (OOo works on many) if sounds -- due to the request for a CD that you saw -- like your computer runs *Microsoft* Windows (probably XP). In which case you would run into the same request for the original CD when you try to uninstall other software too. Because the *Microsoft* Windows operating system is asking you for the CD. I desire to uninstall OpenOffice.org.2.2. Right. Did you read the MS knowledge base article Howard pointed you to? He volunteered his time to read your post and to point you directly to a page with instructions to solve your situation. Tell me how, Harold. He already did. If you try what he posted and write back with specifics as to why it did not work, maybe someone here can once again volunteer their time to you. It might work best to get you an answer if you ask for help from your listmates instead of issuing what, in an email, sounds like a command: Tell me how. Everyone here who answers a question does so on a volunteer basis, and nobody here *owes* anybody an answer. Is your surname really Fuchs? I'm not sure whether you realized it or how you intended it, but that question, particularly on a public discussion list read by hundreds or thousands of subscribers, sounds more than a bit rude. It seems you are poking fun in a rather off-color, sideways kind of way at somebody's surname. (And Howard's surname is hardly an uncommon one, even in a rather non-diverse place like Iowa USA, where at least your ISP is located if not you.) If you had a very innocent reason for asking that question, you might want to post an explanation. kazar This guy is a rude a-hole who is not deserving of receiving support. Since he is unsubscribed, I, as a courtesy, sent him a copy of my post, which included a request to reply to the list only. Here is the private reply I received back from him: Mr. GusAss: So it is always some one else's problem, and MSFT is simply a convenient entity, is it? My 3 year old niece can transfer blame; and has much better excuses than open office through your department has. You guys have quite the names. -- Larry I. Gusaas Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Website: http://larry-gusaas.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Uninstall Issue for Open Office
On 10/11/07 3:16 AM, Guy Voets wrote: 2007/10/11, Larry Gusaas [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Larry I. Gusaas Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Larry, do you really live in a Moose Jaw Moose Jaw is the city I live in. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moose_Jaw,_Saskatchewan -- Larry I. Gusaas Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Website: http://larry-gusaas.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Re: Uninstall Issue for Open Office
On Thursday 11 October 2007 15:02:34 Larry Gusaas wrote: Mr. GusAss: So it is always some one else's problem, and MSFT is simply a convenient entity, is it? My 3 year old niece can transfer blame; and has much better excuses than open office through your department has. You guys have quite the names. Mr Gilloon, FYI the e-mail address you used to get help is a public mailing list going out to 1000s of volunteer users. There is no Official company known as OpenOffice.org nor are there any employees of OpenOffice.org. OpenOffice.org is just a free software package made available to all. By way of a Company that makes another office suite called Staroffice. There is no paid support for OpenOffice.org nor did you pay a large amount of money if any for the software. The people that have responded to you are just volunteer users who have been trying to help you but you have been quite rude and insulting. You don't have any rights or entitlement here. you are just a user like the rest of us. Your comments about peoples name's is totally unacceptable and will not go unpunished. You will be lucky if any one here helps you. Have a nice day if you can. Mr. Gates - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Re: Uninstall Issue for Open Office
On Thursday 11 October 2007 16:24:12 Frank Gilloon wrote: Is that some kind of threat? You bet I will get openoffice.org 2.2 removed. And, may your god be so kind as to bless you. You would not be related to Bill? Here is how this guy responded to me in private. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Re: Uninstall Issue for Open Office
On Thursday 11 October 2007 16:34:34 Frank Gilloon wrote: I will report you and the others to the proper federal authorities. And your ip. May your day go as arrogantly as it has been. I hope the rest of you will report this guy to his ISP as I have done. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Re: Uninstall Issue for Open Office
On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:55:35 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I hope the rest of you will report this guy to his ISP as I have done. For what? For being a fool? There are lots of fools around -- just ignore them and they go away sooner or later. No need to raise your blood pressure over that. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Re: Uninstall Issue for Open Office
On Thursday 11 October 2007 18:15:31 you wrote: On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:55:35 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I hope the rest of you will report this guy to his ISP as I have done. For what? For being a fool? There are lots of fools around -- just ignore them and they go away sooner or later. No need to raise your blood pressure over that. No, actually he made a personal attack through insult on Harold's and Larry's last names. He even altered the spelling of Larry's name and emphasized it and made a crack about it. But you are right he will go away. He isn't even subscribed to the list. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Re: Uninstall Issue for Open Office
On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:02:19 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For what? For being a fool? There are lots of fools around -- just ignore them and they go away sooner or later. No need to raise your blood pressure over that. No, actually he made a personal attack through insult on Harold's and Larry's last names. He even altered the spelling of Larry's name and emphasized it and made a crack about it. Being a fool. If the Larry you refer to is the one that I think you're referring to, the whole matter has apparently passed me right by. But you are right he will go away. He isn't even subscribed to the list. There you are, then. They usually do. If they don't leave reasonably expeditiously, several seconds of work with a filter or killfile solves the problem nicely. Either way, as I said... It's not worth the rise in blood pressure to deal with it in any other way. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Uninstall Issue for Open Office
On 10/10/07 2:50 PM, Frank Gilloon wrote: I do not believe this is a Microsoft issue. It is a Microsoft issue. And, I do not want nor do I need a CleanUp Utility. Yes you do need it. Open Office.org 2.2 is not Microsoft Office. Open Office.org is not a Microsoft product. I desire to uninstall OpenOffice.org.2.2. Then follow the instructions Harold gave you. Tell me how, Harold. Is your surname really Fuchs? Why do you ask? - Original Message - From: Harold Fuchs [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 06/10/2007 04:20, Frank Gilloon wrote: snip 2007/10/3, Frank Gilloon [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I installed Openoffice 2.2 by download. I now want to uninstall it. It will not uninstall, I am advised by a popup window which directs me to a CD. I did not install with a CD. I installed by download. What gives? Frank snip Quit OpenOffice. Quit the Quickstarter. Then carefully read and follow the instructions at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301 Then remove OpenOffice via Control PanelAdd/Remove. Do *not* try to delete the software by hand. Windows has got its knickers in a twist; happens a lot. Please reply *only* to users@openoffice.org -- Larry I. Gusaas Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Website: http://larry-gusaas.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] RE: uninstall open office and reset computer to Word as the default word processing program
_ From: Joel I. Cohen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 2:57 PM To: users@openoffice.org Cc: 'Joel I. Cohen' Subject: uninstall open office and reset computer to Word as the default word processing program I was given a copy of open office to install on my computer by a company that had the license to distribute. This software has completely taken over all of my Word documents; it prevents saving them in Word format, and causes open office to be the first line of opening documents over Word. All of this has destroyed my Word files. I have to open them with a left click of the mouse, to override the automatic opening by open office. I want an effective way to uninstall your software that will take out all of the open office formatting of documents. I cannot even open an attached word file on an email without it automatically switching to open office formatting. This is extremely problematic for me; as I am, a professional writer and I no longer work for the firm that gave me the open office software to load. You should make it explicit to customers how to uninstall your software and delete all such formatting from documents they wish to remain in word formatting. Thanks, Joel Cohen
Re: [users] RE: uninstall open office and reset computer to Word as the default word processing program
Donald H Locker wrote: The installer elected to have OOo associated with all of the M$ files, not the software. No one but M$ is that rude. I wouldn't go that far. I've had non-MS programs (non-Office applications, like audio players) take over file associations without asking. Along with some other applications that I can't recall right now. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] RE: uninstall open office and reset computer to Word as the default word processing program
On 9/10/07, Richard Detwiler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Donald H Locker wrote: The installer elected to have OOo associated with all of the M$ files, not the software. No one but M$ is that rude. You can also set OpenOffice.org to always save your documents in MS Office formats by going to: Tools Options Load/Save General Default file format and set the file format for each document type -- Diabolic Preacher As Is Blog: http://pintooo15.livejournal.com/ Bookmarks: http://simpy.com/user/dpreacher -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS/IT d+(-) s+:+ a22 C++@ UL@ P L+(++) E- W++ !N o? K++ w(-) !O M-(--) !V PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP t- 5? X+ R- tv@ b-(+) DI+ D+ G++ e++ h-- !r y- --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] RE: uninstall open office and reset computer to Word as the default word processing program
_ From: Joel I. Cohen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 2:57 PM To: users@openoffice.org Cc: 'Joel I. Cohen' Subject: uninstall open office and reset computer to Word as the default word processing program I was given a copy of open office to install on my computer by a company that had the license to distribute. This software has completely taken over all of my Word documents; it prevents saving them in Word format, and causes open office to be the first line of opening documents over Word. All of this has destroyed my Word files. I have to open them with a left click of the mouse, to override the automatic opening by open office. I want an effective way to uninstall your software that will take out all of the open office formatting of documents. I cannot even open an attached word file on an email without it automatically switching to open office formatting. This is extremely problematic for me; as I am, a professional writer and I no longer work for the firm that gave me the open office software to load. You should make it explicit to customers how to uninstall your software and delete all such formatting from documents they wish to remain in word formatting. Thanks, Joel Cohen
Re: [users] RE: uninstall open office and reset computer to Word as the default word processing program
On 9/9/07, Joel I. Cohen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was given a copy of open office to install on my computer by a company that had the license to distribute. everyone is licensed to distribute. This software has completely taken over all of my Word documents; that is a dramatic way of covering up the fact that the option to open microsoft format files was selected by default during installation and ignored. it prevents saving them in Word format, not unless you choose not to go thru File--Save As... i suppose resetting file associations is beyond the scope of this application's list and causes open office to be the first line of opening documents over Word. first line? could you please explain that phrase? All of this has destroyed my Word files. I have to open them with a left click of the mouse, to override the automatic opening by open office. i know how some complex formatting gets all screwed up with OO.o but you need not be so frustrated. the easy way is to see how you can reassociate word files with ms word. I want an effective way to uninstall your software that will take out all of the open office formatting of documents. its your software also. the changes to the documents are saved. you can't possibly think of undoing all changes by just uninstalling. windows doesn't even clean up its own registry. I cannot even open an attached word file on an email without it automatically switching to open office formatting. which mail client/browser? This is extremely problematic for me; as I am, a professional writer and I no longer work for the firm that gave me the open office software to load. i don't know how your problem should get escalated if you mention yourself as a professional writer. You should make it explicit to customers how to uninstall your software and delete all such formatting from documents they wish to remain in word formatting. customers? -- Diabolic Preacher As Is Blog: http://pintooo15.livejournal.com/ Bookmarks: http://simpy.com/user/dpreacher -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS/IT d+(-) s+:+ a22 C++@ UL@ P L+(++) E- W++ !N o? K++ w(-) !O M-(--) !V PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP t- 5? X+ R- tv@ b-(+) DI+ D+ G++ e++ h-- !r y- --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] RE: uninstall open office and reset computer to Word as the default word processing program
Copying unsubscribed original poster. Diabolic Preacher wrote: On 9/9/07, Joel I. Cohen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was given a copy of open office to install on my computer by a company that had the license to distribute. everyone is licensed to distribute. This software has completely taken over all of my Word documents; that is a dramatic way of covering up the fact that the option to open microsoft format files was selected by default during installation and ignored. it prevents saving them in Word format, not unless you choose not to go thru File--Save As... i suppose resetting file associations is beyond the scope of this application's list and causes open office to be the first line of opening documents over Word. first line? could you please explain that phrase? All of this has destroyed my Word files. I have to open them with a left click of the mouse, to override the automatic opening by open office. i know how some complex formatting gets all screwed up with OO.o but you need not be so frustrated. the easy way is to see how you can reassociate word files with ms word. I want an effective way to uninstall your software that will take out all of the open office formatting of documents. its your software also. the changes to the documents are saved. you can't possibly think of undoing all changes by just uninstalling. windows doesn't even clean up its own registry. I cannot even open an attached word file on an email without it automatically switching to open office formatting. which mail client/browser? This is extremely problematic for me; as I am, a professional writer and I no longer work for the firm that gave me the open office software to load. i don't know how your problem should get escalated if you mention yourself as a professional writer. You should make it explicit to customers how to uninstall your software and delete all such formatting from documents they wish to remain in word formatting. customers? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] RE: uninstall open office and reset computer to Word as the default word processing program
Joel I. Cohen wrote: _ From: Joel I. Cohen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 2:57 PM To: users@openoffice.org Cc: 'Joel I. Cohen' Subject: uninstall open office and reset computer to Word as the default word processing program I was given a copy of open office to install on my computer by a company that had the license to distribute. This software has completely taken over all of my Word documents; it prevents saving them in Word format, and causes open office to be the first line of opening documents over Word. All of this has destroyed my Word files. I have to open them with a left click of the mouse, to override the automatic opening by open office. I want an effective way to uninstall your software that will take out all of the open office formatting of documents. I cannot even open an attached word file on an email without it automatically switching to open office formatting. This is extremely problematic for me; as I am, a professional writer and I no longer work for the firm that gave me the open office software to load. You should make it explicit to customers how to uninstall your software and delete all such formatting from documents they wish to remain in word formatting. When you installed OpenOffice, you were asked if you wanted to make it the default application for MS Office files. However, it's easy to change the default back to MS Office. Right click on file icon Select Open With Choose Program... Check Always use the selected program to open this kind of file and choose the desired application. If that method is not available, follow the directions listed here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307859 -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] RE: uninstall open office and reset computer to Word as the default word processing program
Joel I. Cohen wrote: _ From: Joel I. Cohen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 2:57 PM To: users@openoffice.org Cc: 'Joel I. Cohen' Subject: uninstall open office and reset computer to Word as the default word processing program I was given a copy of open office to install on my computer by a company that had the license to distribute. I forgot to mention. Everyone has a licence to distribute open source software, such as OpenOffice. It's a free download from www.openoffice.org and you're encouraged to pass it on to others. -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Uninstall v1.1 before Installing 2.2 ?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: = Dear Open Office folks www.openoffice.org/ users@openoffice.org 8/9/2007 I'm sincerely grateful for your excellent Open Office Suite v 2.2. I'm using it here an my HP Laptop running Vista Home Premium. I also have version 1.1 running on my gateway running MS OS XP service pack 2.2. Please contact me whether I should UNINSTALL version 1.1 before I install the Open Office Suite v. 2.2 on my Gateway computer running MS OS XP service pack 2.2 Thank you for creating such a marvelous office suite without MS involvement. Cordially, Mike Goodold on the www ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] too. :-) = Hi Mike General advice is that you can do either. OOo2.2.1 will install into a new directory anyway, so you can have both until you are satisfied with the new version. IIRC it will copy over your old settings, as long as you haven't done something like installing custom dictionaries, but a v1 to v2 upgrade should not overwrite these either. HTH Russell -- Note that this is a mailing list maintained by volunteers. Please consider subscribing so you will see all replies. Please reply only to users@openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: uninstall problem
Mike McAlevey wrote: For goodness sake!! I love Open Office! The whole project resonates with things I stand for. However... a.. I used a registry cleaner that mucked up my computer. b.. since then each time I go to use Open Office it requires me to go through a registration process. c.. I am completely unable to uninstall Open Office so that it can be re-installed. d.. I have registered with Open Office and with netbeans in order to report my difficulties but have got nowhere. e.. Help!! Mike Did the registry cleaner make a backup? The ones I've used offer to do that. If you've got a bacukup, you can restore your registry to its previous merely bizarre state, and try again. The cleaner may do that for you, or you can: Start - Run - regedit and then: File - Import ... then browse for the backup. Look for files w/ a .reg extension, and check the create/modify dates. That would be the easiest. Of course, the result of that is the state of the computer that drove you to run the cleaner in the first place. :-( But you could try again, perhaps with some less aggressive cleaning settings. The last thing you want to do is to manual registry editing. It's doable, but not easy and very, very risky! (been there ... NOT fun at all!) Hope this helps -Greg - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Uninstall MSWord?
Many thanks for taking the time to answer my question! Best regards, Bob Bennett On 11/22/06, Russell Butler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I install Open Office, do I need to uninstall MSWord first, or can I just install Open Office and start using it to access and edit MSWord files? Robert John Bennett Ernst-Gnoss-Strasse 22 40219 Dusseldorf Germany E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alternate E-Mail Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Telephone: +49 211 586 4847 Mobile: +49 152 0285 4626 Fax: +49 211 586 4849 Websites: http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/revision http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/Germany2/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/MunichLetters/ Hi Robert Openoffice.org will happily coexist with MS Office. The only thing will be to take care on installing whether you want OOo or MSWord to open eg .doc files. You will be offered th option to make OOo the default, if you do not want this then do not check the boxes. You can change the behaviour later in Tools-Options-Load/Save Russell Please reply _only_ to users@openoffice.org -- Robert John Bennett Ernst-Gnoss-Strasse 22 40219 Dusseldorf Germany E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alternate E-Mail Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Telephone: +49 211 586 4847 Mobile: +49 152 0285 4626 Fax: +49 211 586 4849 Websites: http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/revision http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/Germany2/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/MunichLetters/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Uninstall MSWord?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I install Open Office, do I need to uninstall MSWord first, or can I just install Open Office and start using it to access and edit MSWord files? Robert John Bennett Ernst-Gnoss-Strasse 22 40219 Dusseldorf Germany E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alternate E-Mail Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Telephone: +49 211 586 4847 Mobile: +49 152 0285 4626 Fax: +49 211 586 4849 Websites: http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/revision http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/Germany2/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/MunichLetters/ Hi Robert Openoffice.org will happily coexist with MS Office. The only thing will be to take care on installing whether you want OOo or MSWord to open eg .doc files. You will be offered th option to make OOo the default, if you do not want this then do not check the boxes. You can change the behaviour later in Tools-Options-Load/Save Russell Please reply _only_ to users@openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Uninstall question?
Millers wrote: I originally had OOo_1.1.4, then updated to 1.1.5, then to 2.0. I like the suite aspect of 2.0, and so just downloaded 2.0.2. (I haven't installed it yet) How do I uninstall the older versions, and will I have any problems? I used the Windows Add or Remove programs in XP on 1.1.4, and it took it out of my start menu and disabled it but did not get rid of the file folder and contents from my program files. If I delete the folder will that be a problem. I looked through the FAQ's and Forum and did not find an answer. The uninstallation leaves behind folders containing some configuration files as well as backup files of your documents as well as your templates. This allows users to uninstall and install again without losing templates, backup files, and the settings they prefer and is a normal procedure of many applications. You can remove these folders and files without harm if there is nothing in them you wish to retain. Versions 2.0.2 will by default install on top of version 2.0, in the same folders and will use the same settings. So for most users in most circumstances, the folders are best left as is. But there likely to be little reasons, at this time, in your retaining any Version 1 folders. As you appear not to be subscribed to this newsgroup, a copy of this post is being sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have an responses or further comments, please address them only to users@openoffice.org Jallan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: Uninstall OOo 4.1.1
On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 14:34:42 +0200, Linda Mkhize wrote: Please help me uninstall OOo 4.1.1. I cannot find the uninstall option anywhere, please direct me as to how where to go to uninstall. Wow 4.1.1! The latest versions I've seen are 1.1.4 and 1.9 (2.0 pre-alpha). You didn't say what your operating system is. I'm guessing it is some version of MS Windows. There should be an entry for OOo in Control Panel Add/Remove Programs. If you can't find that, there is a setup.exe file in the same directory as soffice.exe. If you run setup.exe, one of the dialog boxes gives you the option to remove OOo. This is fairly normal practice in MS Windows. If you are not using MS Windows write to the list again and give us more details. The URL in my signature would be worth reading first. -- Mac :}) ** I usually forward private questions to the appropriate mail list. ** Ask Smarter: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Give a hobbit a fish and he eats fish for a day. Give a hobbit a ring and he eats fish for an age. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
