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FILES LOST
i appear to have lost all my documents. When I try to access as I normally do, it throws up a 4.1.2. Registration Form. Please can you help ?
Mike
Re: FILES LOST
Posted by "m.j.l.price@talktalk.net" <m....@talktalk.net>.
COPY OF REPLY SENT 2 HOURS AGO :-
Many thanks for prompt reply - I'm back onto them ! Mike
----Original Message----
From: noreply@tasit.net
Date: 14/07/2017 19:10
To: "Apache OpenOffice Users"<us...@openoffice.apache.org>
Cc: "m.j.l.price@talktalk.net"<m....@talktalk.net>
Subj: Re: FILES LOST
OK! but in the absence of any definite information from Mike we are only
guessing, speculating and making assumptions about what this "Form"
might or might not be.
I am getting really tired of making any attempt to help out on this
list, so you go for it Rory. Bye!
-------- Original Message --------
From: Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie>
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2017 18:48:42 +0100
> On Fri, 14 Jul 2017 19:30:32 +0200
> Dave <no...@tasit.net> wrote:
>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>>> From: m.j.l.price@talktalk.net <m....@talktalk.net>
>> To: users@openoffice.apache.org
>> Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2017 16:12:31 +0100 (bst)
>>
>>> i appear to have lost all my documents. When I try to access as I normally do, it throws up a 4.1.2. Registration Form. Please can you help ?
>>> Mike
>>
>> Hi Mike,
>>
>> As Rory has already said, you have NOT lost your files, they are still
>> on you computer's internal disk drive. Your reference to a registration
>> "Form" is a little puzzling, because Apache OpenOffice doesn't include
>> such form,
>
> If the OpenOffice User Profile has been damaged or lost, as the loss of Recent Documents suggests, it is not unusual for it to prompt again for a User Name and initials for document identification I suspect this is the "Registration Form" in question. If so, there is _no need_ to uninstall or re-download OpenOffice.
>
> Rory
>
>
>
>> which suggests that you may have obtained your copy from
>> somewhere other that the official source:
>> http://www.openoffice.org/download/index.html which in turn redirects to
>> the official download servers at SourceForge.
>>
>> It would help us to understand your situation a little better, if you
>> could advise:
>>
>> * Where this "Form" appears? (In a window on your computer, or in a
>> page in your web browser)
>> * In detail, what does this "Form" say?
>> * What are the steps you take when you access your files as you
>> normally do? (eg. double clicking on a desktop icon, selecting a
>> file name to open from your file manager program, etc.)
>>
>> Recommendation:
>>
>> * Uninstall the version you have now.
>> * Download version 4.1.3 from the official link above.
>> * Install the new official version.
>>
>> If this does not resolve the issue, follow the steps to reset your "User
>> Profile" as described in the following tutorial in the User Forum:
>> https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=12426#p58403.
>>
>> If none of the above recommended steps work for you, run a good
>> virus/anti-malware scan on your system.
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>
>
Re: FILES LOST
Posted by Dave <no...@tasit.net>.
OK! but in the absence of any definite information from Mike we are only
guessing, speculating and making assumptions about what this "Form"
might or might not be.
I am getting really tired of making any attempt to help out on this
list, so you go for it Rory. Bye!
-------- Original Message --------
From: Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie>
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2017 18:48:42 +0100
> On Fri, 14 Jul 2017 19:30:32 +0200
> Dave <no...@tasit.net> wrote:
>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>>> From: m.j.l.price@talktalk.net <m....@talktalk.net>
>> To: users@openoffice.apache.org
>> Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2017 16:12:31 +0100 (bst)
>>
>>> i appear to have lost all my documents. When I try to access as I normally do, it throws up a 4.1.2. Registration Form. Please can you help ?
>>> Mike
>>
>> Hi Mike,
>>
>> As Rory has already said, you have NOT lost your files, they are still
>> on you computer's internal disk drive. Your reference to a registration
>> "Form" is a little puzzling, because Apache OpenOffice doesn't include
>> such form,
>
> If the OpenOffice User Profile has been damaged or lost, as the loss of Recent Documents suggests, it is not unusual for it to prompt again for a User Name and initials for document identification I suspect this is the "Registration Form" in question. If so, there is _no need_ to uninstall or re-download OpenOffice.
>
> Rory
>
>
>
>> which suggests that you may have obtained your copy from
>> somewhere other that the official source:
>> http://www.openoffice.org/download/index.html which in turn redirects to
>> the official download servers at SourceForge.
>>
>> It would help us to understand your situation a little better, if you
>> could advise:
>>
>> * Where this "Form" appears? (In a window on your computer, or in a
>> page in your web browser)
>> * In detail, what does this "Form" say?
>> * What are the steps you take when you access your files as you
>> normally do? (eg. double clicking on a desktop icon, selecting a
>> file name to open from your file manager program, etc.)
>>
>> Recommendation:
>>
>> * Uninstall the version you have now.
>> * Download version 4.1.3 from the official link above.
>> * Install the new official version.
>>
>> If this does not resolve the issue, follow the steps to reset your "User
>> Profile" as described in the following tutorial in the User Forum:
>> https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=12426#p58403.
>>
>> If none of the above recommended steps work for you, run a good
>> virus/anti-malware scan on your system.
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>
>
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Re: FILES LOST
Posted by Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie>.
On Fri, 14 Jul 2017 19:30:32 +0200
Dave <no...@tasit.net> wrote:
> -------- Original Message --------
> >From: m.j.l.price@talktalk.net <m....@talktalk.net>
> To: users@openoffice.apache.org
> Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2017 16:12:31 +0100 (bst)
>
> > i appear to have lost all my documents. When I try to access as I normally do, it throws up a 4.1.2. Registration Form. Please can you help ?
> > Mike
>
> Hi Mike,
>
> As Rory has already said, you have NOT lost your files, they are still
> on you computer's internal disk drive. Your reference to a registration
> "Form" is a little puzzling, because Apache OpenOffice doesn't include
> such form,
If the OpenOffice User Profile has been damaged or lost, as the loss of Recent Documents suggests, it is not unusual for it to prompt again for a User Name and initials for document identification I suspect this is the "Registration Form" in question. If so, there is _no need_ to uninstall or re-download OpenOffice.
Rory
> which suggests that you may have obtained your copy from
> somewhere other that the official source:
> http://www.openoffice.org/download/index.html which in turn redirects to
> the official download servers at SourceForge.
>
> It would help us to understand your situation a little better, if you
> could advise:
>
> * Where this "Form" appears? (In a window on your computer, or in a
> page in your web browser)
> * In detail, what does this "Form" say?
> * What are the steps you take when you access your files as you
> normally do? (eg. double clicking on a desktop icon, selecting a
> file name to open from your file manager program, etc.)
>
> Recommendation:
>
> * Uninstall the version you have now.
> * Download version 4.1.3 from the official link above.
> * Install the new official version.
>
> If this does not resolve the issue, follow the steps to reset your "User
> Profile" as described in the following tutorial in the User Forum:
> https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=12426#p58403.
>
> If none of the above recommended steps work for you, run a good
> virus/anti-malware scan on your system.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Dave
>
>
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Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie>
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Re: FILES LOST
Posted by Dave <no...@tasit.net>.
-------- Original Message --------
From: m.j.l.price@talktalk.net <m....@talktalk.net>
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2017 16:12:31 +0100 (bst)
> i appear to have lost all my documents. When I try to access as I normally do, it throws up a 4.1.2. Registration Form. Please can you help ?
> Mike
Hi Mike,
As Rory has already said, you have NOT lost your files, they are still
on you computer's internal disk drive. Your reference to a registration
"Form" is a little puzzling, because Apache OpenOffice doesn't include
such form, which suggests that you may have obtained your copy from
somewhere other that the official source:
http://www.openoffice.org/download/index.html which in turn redirects to
the official download servers at SourceForge.
It would help us to understand your situation a little better, if you
could advise:
* Where this "Form" appears? (In a window on your computer, or in a
page in your web browser)
* In detail, what does this "Form" say?
* What are the steps you take when you access your files as you
normally do? (eg. double clicking on a desktop icon, selecting a
file name to open from your file manager program, etc.)
Recommendation:
* Uninstall the version you have now.
* Download version 4.1.3 from the official link above.
* Install the new official version.
If this does not resolve the issue, follow the steps to reset your "User
Profile" as described in the following tutorial in the User Forum:
https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=12426#p58403.
If none of the above recommended steps work for you, run a good
virus/anti-malware scan on your system.
Hope this helps.
Dave
Re: FILES LOST
Posted by Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie>.
On Fri, 14 Jul 2017 16:12:31 +0100 (BST)
"m.j.l.price@talktalk.net" <m....@talktalk.net> wrote:
> i appear to have lost all my documents. When I try to access as I normally do, it throws up a 4.1.2. Registration Form. Please can you help ?
> Mike
The files are still on your computer, in the folder(s) in which they were originally saved. Perhaps because of over hasty power off of your computer, before internal housekeeping was complete, you have lost the "Recent Documents" shortcuts for Open Office. If you use OpenOffice's /File /Open and navigate to the folders in which the files were saved, they will appear once more in Recent Documents as you open them once more.
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Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie>
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