On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 14:22:03 +1100, Dave Barton wrote: >On Tue, 2005-12-20 at 01:32 -0800, Gloria Balut wrote: >> Why can't users change the location of where OpenOffice gets >> installed? I don't want programs on my C: drive. I keep that for the >> OS only so I can keep an image and do an easy restore. I install >> programs on a separate logical drive and keep my program data on a 3rd >> drive so I can back that up fast. I've been wasting my time editing >> all the registry entries OO did to point it in the right direction - >> where I manually moved it. >> >> I consider this a showstopper for windows people and will not be >> recommending OO to them. I've used linux for the last 5 years and >> cannot remember hitting the same wall with any other windows >> application when I was using windows since maybe Win95 first came out. >> Every other program allows the user to choose the directory where it >> should be installed. And to not find this option in OO much stunned >> me. >> >> Please don't copy bad Windows programming. > Been there......Someone on these newsgroups showed me.....
The 'trick' is in _:\OpenOffice.org2\program\bootstrap.ini [Bootstrap] BaseInstallation=$ORIGIN/.. UserInstallation=$ORIGIN/.. (the above (2)are actual statements in the bootstrap.ini file of mine) My share & user directories are now both in F:\OpenOffice.org2 pretty much NOTHING of OOo is in C drive!!!!! [snippets] The user installation directory is specified in F:/OpenOffice.org2/program/bootstrap.ini. You can change it there to point to ur new directory.. UserInstallation=$SYSUSERCONFIG/OpenOffice.org2 [original line] ________ In OOo 1.9.x/2.0, the path to the user installation is stored in <ooo-path>\program\bootstrap.ini (key UserInstallation). If you set UserInstallation=$ORIGIN/.. then your user data will be stored in a new directory <ooo-path>\user. Dinesh & Stephan, Thanks Greg -- Greg Agent 1.93/32.576 Opera8.5 OOo2.0 Eudora7 news.readfreenews.net & news.gmane.org Win98se for sale: Apple//,Auto Parts/Equip/Manuals: geardocATgeardoc36DOThostingisfreeDOTcom --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
