[Bug 4414] Allow for MSOffice file associations post-install

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https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=4414

Rainer Bielefeld <ra...@bielefeldundbuss.de> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|ACCEPTED                    |CONFIRMED
                 CC|                            |rainerbielefeld_ooo_qa@biel
                   |                            |efeldundbuss.de
                 OS|Windows 2000                |All

--- Comment #19 from Rainer Bielefeld <ra...@bielefeldundbuss.de> ---
I doubt that this is a request WIN2000 only ;-)

No Assignee, so back to list.

Yes, I would like something like I know from IrfanView and others, where I can
tick the file types I want to have associated. Unfortunately such a solution
would be completely useless for most administrators of many work places, see
"Bug 124340 - Standart file link (e.g. .doc, .xls etc.)". Should he explain all
help secretary how to do? Or himself start remote control and repair
association for all 1257 PC? 

Possible workarounds:
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May be for now some scripting or command line magic might be more useful, you
can find some hints 
* In forums
   <http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=56867>
  
<http://superuser.com/questions/186546/how-to-make-openoffice-open-all-ms-office-files>
   <http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=28096>
* Manuals
   <http://kool.sd73.bc.ca/support/oo_not_wordpad.pdf>

You also can try some console magic with "assoc" comand

There is a tool at <http://www.westmesatech.com/files/OOoAssoc.msi>, I did not
test and did not find a manual, nobody knows whether that will work.

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