Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 126806
Settings lost when upgrading
Last modified: 2016-10-26 20:57:43 UTC
I just upgraded to 4.1.2. Every time I upgrade I have to reset my toolbar and all other settings preferences in writer. How do I keep my settings in writer and all other OOe components? Where is this in the documentation?
We seem to have a number of issues related to user profile problems esp on Windows platforms. Can you please provide the following information to help troubleshoot these issues; * specific Windows OS and, if applicable, variation (home, etc.) * user profile location and permissions -- see: https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?p=58403#p58403 for details on user profile location Thank you.
Configuration information: Win 7 Ultimate, 64-bit OS Win 10 Pro, 64-bit OS Specific description of steps: 1. Install a 3.x version of Apache Open Office. 2. Customize toolbar (eg: Standard, Formatting toolbar) - check / uncheck icons that are to be displayed or hidden, configure their order within toolbar 3. Upgrade Apache Open Office to a 4.x version. Specific description of failure: Settings made on Standard and Formatting toolbars (check / uncheck icons that are to be displayed or hidden, configure their order within toolbar) are reset after upgrade. Screenshots with before and after upgrade: Before: http://screencast.com/t/9rlFvYn6 After: http://screencast.com/t/OGHRWk54Xf1g Expected result: Among with the other user profile specific settings, toolbar settings to be also persistent after upgrade, since they have as result changes in registrymodifications.xcu. This makes me think that even those kind of changes are part of user profile that should be persistent after upgrade. Observations worth sharing: * When upgrading I have always used ‘typical setup’ type, never ‘custom setup’. * There could be other settings among toolbars settings that can be lost after upgrading. Settings * I customized and persisted after upgrade: Open Office > User Data > First and Last Name, Open Office Writer > View > Ruler, Open Office Writer > Basic Fonts. * Since paths of app data changed (AOO 3.x have registrymodifications.xcu in C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\OpenOffice.org\3\user while AOO 4.x in C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\OpenOffice\4\user), multiple lines are different when the file is copied. I attached xml files with before and after upgrade from the mentioned paths.
Created attachment 85772 [details] registrymodifications.xcu from AOO 3.4.1
Created attachment 85773 [details] registrymodifications.xcu from AOO 4.1.1
> Specific description of steps: > 1. Install a 3.x version of Apache Open Office. > 2. Customize toolbar (eg: Standard, Formatting toolbar) - check / uncheck > icons that are to be displayed or hidden, configure their order within > toolbar > 3. Upgrade Apache Open Office to a 4.x version. Matrix with what exact versions I tested: Upgraded to 4.1.2 |OO v upgraded from| Setting | Did setting persisted after upgrade? | | 3.3.0 | default font | Yes | | 3.3.0 | toolbars settings | No | | 4.1.1 | default font | Yes | | 4.1.1 | toolbars settings | Yes | Upgraded to 4.4.1 | 3.4.1 | default font | Yes | | 3.4.1 | toolbars settings | No |
we do not have a Version of 4.4.1 Maybe you mean 4.1.3?
(In reply to Peter from comment #6) > we do not have a Version of 4.4.1 > Maybe you mean 4.1.3? I meant 4.1.1. Sorry for inconvenience!