Dan and Roderick: Thanks to both of you for comforting words that agree with my (limited) experience as well. I did back up the .odt and .sxw files before deleting and installing 109. (There were just too many to risk.)
Thanks guys! David Teague, http://cs.wcu.edu/~dbt Advocating Free Software and Double Bass tuned in fifths www.dennismasuzzo.com; www.silviodallatorre.com www.joelquarrington.com/; For information on Red Mitchell, http://home.teleport.com/~mimuma/; www.larryholloway.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <users@openoffice.org> Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 12:57 PM Subject: Re: [users] Installation of 2.0 beta > On Monday 20 June 2005 11:33 am, David Teague wrote: > > Some Windows packages eat their data files when the > > packages are removed. I wonder if there is any remote > > possibility that OO.o uninstall could possibly eat .odt or > > .sxw files? > > > > I had 19.69, 19.95 and 1.9.100 all installed. I wanted to > > remove *69 and *95 but keep 100 and install 109. I carefully > > backed up all the .odt files on my system, removed .69 and > > .95 then installed 109. While nothing was amiss afterwards, > > I still want some knowledgeable person to reassure me, to wit, > > "It ain't gonna happen." > > > > Thanks > > > > David Teague > > > Here it is: "It ain't gonna happen." When OOo is uninstalled, it > does not delete any file that you have created with it unless you put > the file in a folder that OOo deletes. If that is possibly scarry, just > remember this much: OOo leaves the entire "user" folder along with its > subfolders alone when it is uninstalled. That is the only folder of OOo > you should use to store any created documents anyway. The uninstall > program does not search outside of the OOo folder itself. > > Dan > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
