[Solved] Upgraded to 4.1.6 but it will not start

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Wayne R
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[Solved] Upgraded to 4.1.6 but it will not start

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I upgraded to 4.1.6 but OpenOffice will not start. I have been using it for years although less so recently. I decided to check whether there is a newer version for general principles and found 4.1.6. I had 4.1.3. I downloaded and installed it from SoucreForge, taking all defaults. It starts up and the bar goes about 40% of the way across and sits there forever.
I have restarted and reinstalled it several times. Several times I have manually used Windows task manager to kill soffice programs. The first several times I started it, it said that I had to close programs. That is when I restarted the system but now I get the hangs.
The second and third times that I reinstalled it, I chose the Repair option.
I am on Windows 7 Professional.
Under Task Manager it does not show up on the Applications tab but several show up under the Processes tab.
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Re: Upgraded to 4.1.6 but it will not start

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The first thing to try is to kill all of the soffice processes and then try starting OpenOffice.
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Re: Upgraded to 4.1.6 but it will not start

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I already restarted the system several times and the hang persisted. However since then I have restarted it more times and this problem no longer occurs. I have no explanation and there were no diagnostics.
The note that was automatically appended to my post said that if it is resolved, I should go to the original post and select Edit but I see no such option.
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Re: [Solved] Upgraded to 4.1.6 but it will not start

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The Edit button should be located just to the left of the triangle with the ! in it, on the right hand side of the page, up by your name.
That note wasn't automatically appended to your post, but placed there by a moderator.
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Screenshots in the tutorial, in this post: Tag your thread when it has been [Solved].
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