Can't start OpenOffice

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TibbsPeetie
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Can't start OpenOffice

Post by TibbsPeetie »

I can't open anything regarding Apache, OpenOffice. I tried opening from settings and the icon on my desktop. Nothing works. No error message, nothing.
I used it up to yesterday when making a slideshow, saved that project and now I can't open it or anything about OpenOffice
Open Office 4.1.2
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acknak
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Re: Can't start OpenOffice

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Greetings and welcome to the community forum!

What system are you working on? Window? Mac? ...

The usual approach anytime OO suddenly starts acting strangely is to get a fresh OO settings profile. This just means exiting OO, renaming (or removing) the folder where OO stores all its settings, then restarting OO--it will then create a new settings profile folder.

For details, see: [Tutorial] The OOo user profile
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Re: Can't start OpenOffice

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LO 6.4.4.2, Windows 10 Home 64 bit

See the Writer Guide, the Writer FAQ, the Writer Tutorials and Writer for students.

Remember: Always save your Writer files as .odt files. - see here for the many reasons why.
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