Double installation

Issues with installing under all versions of MS Windows
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Scottowner
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Double installation

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Because my desktop icon had disappeared I misread that I had to re install Open Office. I have now got two Open Office icons on my desktop each pointing to a different version of Open Office, 4.1.5 and 4.1.6. Can I safely delete 4.1.5 without losing all the data in 4.1.6 ?. Thankyou.
OpenOffice 4.1.5 Windows 10
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RoryOF
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Re: Double installation

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Yes.
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15 on Xubuntu 22.04.4 LTS
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robleyd
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Re: Double installation

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Your documents are totally independent of the application.

And your desktop icons are only links to your applications. You will only have one version of OpenOffice installed; you can delete the desktop icon for the other version. In fact , both links will point to the current installation.
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David
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