[Issue 126945] Access to user profile folder

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https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=126945

orcmid <or...@apache.org> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from orcmid <or...@apache.org> ---
(In reply to tintin60 from comment #0)

> Navigate to user profile folder through hidden folders is a difficult
> procedure for lot of people.
> 
> Would it be possible to access the user profile folder directly as possible
> with Thunderbird or Firefox  via assistance informations ?


That's a great idea, along with other means/caveats to provide casual users
with the information needed to work reliably (e.g., reveal extensions on all
files, manage associations, reset the profile, find the correct Java JRE,
locating documents recently-used and not actually lost, ...).  [This is not
sarcasm, I think all of these things are overdue.)

There is an issue (that I will go looking for) to provide a means to
automatically reset the user profile.  Visiting the profile or editing it does
not make much sense in the case of AOO.

Would it be sufficient to provide the user with means to backup and reset the
user profile?

As a stop-gap, we could provide a separate utility for monkeying with the
profile.  That might be easier (and an upgrade of AOO could rely on it
programmatically at some point).

Please share your thoughts.

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