Re: LibreOffice fucking with my app defaults

On 1/7/2025 9:19 AM, Andrzej Matuch wrote:

On 2025-01-07 08:46, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

Nick Charles wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:
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On 1/6/2025 6:14 PM, DFS wrote:

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1) click a file type with a default app and it opens in that app
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2) install LibreOffice 24.8.4.2 for Windows (typical install)
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3) click a file type (with a default app) that can also be opened by LO
     and now I'm asked which app to open it with
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And, all document types that LO handles that were not assigned a default
app were assigned to LO without my permission.

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All standard stuff.   Are you new to Windows?   Maybe you should have
chosen Custom Install.
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You DO realize these are very easy to change back, right?

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He does. But he just likes to bitch about Linux and other FOSS.

 It's a very odd thing to complain about though. A ton of file types couldn't be opened before and suddenly they are, so DFS is unhappy about it. If there is an application he would prefer to use to open those formats, he is free to install it and then change the defaults to that application by going into those settings, finding the application and allowing it to manage all supported formats. He's grasping at straws at this point.

All good points.
Not to mention that he gave "permission" to do all of this when he did the "typical install".
Sounds like a Windows Newbie.