"requires elevation" to open documents

[hidcrk]

I saved my word processing documents in the usual way but now I get the message: "requires elevation to open." I don't know what this means or how to resolve the issue. Can someone help?

Ron (user name: hidcrk)

[John_Ha]

Welcome to the forum.

If you google with openoffice requires elevation you get lots of hits. It seems to be a Windows file ownership problem. eg see The requested operation requires elevation.

If this solves the problem, please click the Edit button on your original post and add [Solved] in front of your subject.

[leeelson]

Welcome to the forum.

If you google with openoffice requires elevation you get lots of hits. It seems to be a Windows file ownership problem. eg see The requested operation requires elevation.

If this solves the problem, please click the Edit button on your original post and add [Solved] in front of your subject.

I don't think this is a Windows problem: happens with OO, doesn't happen with Microsoft office. Microsoft steps don't work.

[msmdavis]

Having the same problem.

Did all the windows "fixes", still get "requested operation requires elevation" when double clicking a saved document.

[leeelson]

Found the solution. Somehow all my OO file associations got changed to unknown. Fixing this solved the problem. YMMV

[msmdavis]

Leeelson, how do you change those associations?
Thank you.

[leeelson]

Control Panel -> Default Programs-> Associate a file type....

[msmdavis]

Leeeson, all my .doc, .docx file associations are "unknown Application".

I can't figure out how to change them to OO. When I click "change program", Open Office c/app/files... shows as the default.
There is just no "Open Office" on the list, even when I search for other apps on this pc.

For .odt files, however, "Open Office" shows as the default.

[leeelson]

Keep scrolling down and you will find an option that opens a search window in the "programs" directory. navigate to the "programs x86" directory and open office programs to find it.

[msmdavis]

leeelson, THANK YOU!!!
Took me a while, but your directions were spot on.
Problem SOLVED!

[Bill]

When I click "change program", Open Office c/app/files... shows as the default.

Glad you got it solved. I just noticed the "c/app/files" in your post. Were the doc and docx files set to open with program installed in C:\app\files..." instead of C:\Program Files (x86)"? I'm wondering if that could have caused the problem. I don't have a C:\app folder, but another user recently posted a different problem with OpenOffice installed in C:\Apps instead of C:\Program Files (x86).

[msmdavis]

Hi leeelson,

When I clicked on the change program button to "associate a file type or protocol with a specific program", displayed as opening the document was:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenOffice4\program\\swriter.exe" -o "%1"

That string as exactly as it appeared, including all the quotation marks and the lower case o at the end.

From there, I did as you told me, scrolled down, looked for other apps on this computer, located the x86 file and selected Open Office app from that.

Thank you again!