Can't openi odt Files

I uninstalled Open Office and then installed LO 3.4.  Now my computer (running XP) tells me it can't open any .odt files, and to make an association in Folder Options, Control Panel.  I have tried unsuccessfully to do this.  I cannot find LO listed under Recommended Programs on my computer, or on the Web Server. Can someone please help?

Bernie.
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On 03/13/2012 05:54 PM, Bernie Doran wrote:
> I uninstalled Open Office and then installed LO 3.4.  Now my computer (running XP) tells me it can't open any .odt files, and to make an association in Folder Options, Control Panel.  I have tried unsuccessfully to do this.  I cannot find LO listed under Recommended Programs on my computer, or on the Web Server. Can someone please help?
>
> Bernie
Are you trying to open the files in a Windows version of LO, or in MS
Word?  Word probably doesn't understand .odt; if
you save the files as .doc files, Word should be able to read them.  But
if you're trying to open them in LO, then I dunno.

--doug

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On 13/03/2012 21:54, Bernie Doran wrote:
> I uninstalled Open Office and then installed LO 3.4.  Now my computer (running XP) tells me it can't open any .odt files, and to make an association in Folder Options, Control Panel.  I have tried unsuccessfully to do this.  I cannot find LO listed under Recommended Programs on my computer, or on the Web Server. Can someone please help?
>
> Bernie.

Right-click on an odt file in Windows Explorer, choose "Open With" and
navigate to C:\Program Files\LibreOffice 3.4\program\ and choose swriter.exe
Make sure the box "Always use this program to open this file type" is
checked.
OK out.
See if that helps.

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Hi :)
If swriter or LibreOffice is not in the list then another route is to open LibreOffice from the "Start" button - "All Programs" - LibreOffice - Writer

Then drag&drop an odt into the open window or use
File - Open
and then save the file again.  Something in that seemed to remind Xp that i had LibreOffice and it started to show up in the "Open With" and "Choose program" places after that.  Usually LibreOffice just grabs all the relevant file-associations itself but occasionally it goes wonky.

Regards from
Tom :)


--- On Wed, 14/3/12, Gordon Burgess-Parker <[hidden email]> wrote:

From: Gordon Burgess-Parker <[hidden email]>
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't openi odt Files
To: [hidden email]
Date: Wednesday, 14 March, 2012, 9:19

On 13/03/2012 21:54, Bernie Doran wrote:
> I uninstalled Open Office and then installed LO 3.4.  Now my computer (running XP) tells me it can't open any .odt files, and to make an association in Folder Options, Control Panel.  I have tried unsuccessfully to do this.  I cannot find LO listed under Recommended Programs on my computer, or on the Web Server. Can someone please help?
>
> Bernie.

Right-click on an odt file in Windows Explorer, choose "Open With" and navigate to C:\Program Files\LibreOffice 3.4\program\ and choose swriter.exe
Make sure the box "Always use this program to open this file type" is checked.
OK out.
See if that helps.

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Hi :)
Errr, can you try re-install LibreOffice?  Does i offer a "Repair" option?  During install i seem to remember if you want LO to be the default app that opens documents that are in the MS format but i can't remember it asking about native formats.  I thought it just does it, well most of the time. 
Regards from
Tom :)


--- On Tue, 13/3/12, Bernie Doran <[hidden email]> wrote:

From: Bernie Doran <[hidden email]>
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Can't openi odt Files
To: "Libre Office" <[hidden email]>
Date: Tuesday, 13 March, 2012, 21:54

I uninstalled Open Office and then installed LO 3.4.  Now my computer (running XP) tells me it can't open any .odt files, and to make an association in Folder Options, Control Panel.  I have tried unsuccessfully to do this.  I cannot find LO listed under Recommended Programs on my computer, or on the Web Server. Can someone please help?

Bernie.
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