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| Date | 2025-01-08 08:06 -0500 |
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| Subject | Re: LibreOffice fucking with my app defaults |
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy |
| References | <vlho48$1rkfm$2@dont-email.me> <-nSdnV2F9eklJOH6nZ2dnZfqnPadnZ2d@supernews.com> <vljb8a$27g6v$6@dont-email.me> <hKafP.16927$G93a.13523@fx05.iad> |
| From | Nick Charles |
| Organization | The Thin Man |
| Message-ID | <ppadnc-AEdXG5eP6nZ2dnZfqn_adnZ2d@supernews.com> (permalink) |
On 1/7/2025 9:19 AM, Andrzej Matuch wrote: > On 2025-01-07 08:46, Chris Ahlstrom wrote: >> Nick Charles wrote this post while blinking in Morse code: >> >>> On 1/6/2025 6:14 PM, DFS wrote: >>>> >>>> 1) click a file type with a default app and it opens in that app >>>> >>>> 2) install LibreOffice 24.8.4.2 for Windows (typical install) >>>> >>>> 3) click a file type (with a default app) that can also be opened by LO >>>> and now I'm asked which app to open it with >>>> >>>> And, all document types that LO handles that were not assigned a >>>> default >>>> app were assigned to LO without my permission. >>> >>> All standard stuff. Are you new to Windows? Maybe you should have >>> chosen Custom Install. >>> >>> You DO realize these are very easy to change back, right? >> >> He does. But he just likes to bitch about Linux and other FOSS. > > It's a very odd thing to complain about though. A ton of file types > couldn't be opened before and suddenly they are, so DFS is unhappy about > it. If there is an application he would prefer to use to open those > formats, he is free to install it and then change the defaults to that > application by going into those settings, finding the application and > allowing it to manage all supported formats. He's grasping at straws at > this point. All good points. Not to mention that he gave "permission" to do all of this when he did the "typical install". Sounds like a Windows Newbie.
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LibreOffice fucking with my app defaults DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> - 2025-01-06 18:14 -0500
Re: LibreOffice fucking with my app defaults Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> - 2025-01-06 19:21 -0500
Re: LibreOffice fucking with my app defaults Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-01-07 05:02 +0000
Re: LibreOffice fucking with my app defaults Nick Charles - 2025-01-07 00:20 -0500
Re: LibreOffice fucking with my app defaults Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2025-01-07 08:46 -0500
Re: LibreOffice fucking with my app defaults Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> - 2025-01-07 09:19 -0500
Re: LibreOffice fucking with my app defaults Nick Charles - 2025-01-08 08:06 -0500
Re: LibreOffice fucking with my app defaults CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-01-08 13:52 -0500
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