Hi :) There are 2 advantages to NOT un-installing users configurations when the package is un-installed. 1. When you reinstall again later on everything is set-up the way you like it. 2. You might have templates, dictionaries, even images in the gallery that might be painful to lose Both can be a huge advantage when upgrading or reinstalling.
Being able to rename the config folder so that you get back to "factory defaults" for LO saves the hassle of having to reinstall just because something went a bit wonky. It can be an excellent quick-fi and can also be used to trouble-shoot down to exactly where a problem occurred. I wonder if it's possible to copy&paste the config to different machines (eg in a corporate network) so that they all have some good settings? I might play around with that on Wednesday (if i remember). It does seem a bit dumb, untidy or geeky at first but allows you a lot of finesse and control. Regards from Tom :) ________________________________ From: John B <jo...@email2.me> To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Sat, 18 June, 2011 12:23:20 Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: How can I reset all settings? Dear Jan I had a similar problem where I needed an as-new clean re-install I spent many hours on this including editing the registry (never a good idea). I wish that I had posted this first, as Roxy's idea of using Revo-Uninstall does the same (if not better) in a matter of minutes. There were other cleaners suggested, but this is the one I chose to try. However, just out of interest, the configuration files are held in >>docs &settings/your user-name?/application data/LibraOffice << which is not deleted with the standard windows un-install (bad dog!). If you say (do as I do in Options), change the rulers in Write to inches and the background colour to blue(chart12), you will find that 4 files are changed in this directory. I have absolutely no idea what does what and will probably never need to know. All the best John B On 17/06/2011 21:22, NoOp wrote: > On 06/17/2011 12:51 PM, Gérard FARGEOT wrote: >> >>> Message du 17/06/11 21:23 De : "Jan Parttimaa" A : >>> users@global.libreoffice.org Copie à : Objet : [libreoffice-users] >>> How can I reset all settings? >>> >>> Hi all! >>> >>> I have a question. How can I reset all settings and toolbars to >>> defaults in LibreOffice? I already tried to unistall and reinstall >>> LibreOffice and yes I restarted PC after unistalling but it didn't >>> work. I still have non-default settings. I use Windows 7 (64-bit). >>> >>> Sincerely >>> >>> Jan Parttimaa >> >> Reset your user profile : >> http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?p=58401#p58401 >> >> Gérard > And change all 'openoffice.org' to 'libreoffice.org' in those instructions. > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
