On Wed, 5 Aug 2015 19:44:01 -0400 Rob Weir <r...@robweir.com> wrote: > Did some of my own testing, starting with a clean image of Windows 7 > Professional x64. Installed AOO 4.1.1 and created and saved files > with Writer, Calc and Impress. Did the upgrade to Windows 10. > Confirmed that I could read and write the previously saved files. > Tried both opening the files from within the apps as well as > double-clicking the documents from the File Explorer. I experienced > no file permission issues. > > -Rob
Thanks, Rob. So we may reasonably conclude that most of the reported problems about read-only files are due to faulty user interaction with Win10. It is most helpful to have confirmation of that point. Rory > > On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 12:46 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton > <dennis.hamil...@acm.org> wrote: > > These accounts don't provide enough information to nail anything down to > > root causes, and some of the forum cases are not resolved one way or the > > other yet. > > > > My main desktop machine upgraded (with my permission) to Windows 10 Pro x64 > > on the evening of July 29. > > > > I already had AOO 4.1.1 and LibreOffice 4.3.5.2 installed. > > > > I just did some random opening of existing .odt and .ods files in both > > applications. I just opened all AOO applications from the menu window. > > > > I am unable to find any of these problems. > > > > I don't dispute that others are having some sort of trouble. I am saying > > it is not something I can isolate any evidence for. > > > > We need to have someone who can work with us to resolve a Bugzilla on a > > specific case, being able to provide screen shots or other useful > > information on exactly what is happening, what the messages are, etc. We > > also need to keep other reports separate unless the detailed actual > > situations are confirmed to be the same. > > > > I am happy to work with anyone who is able to do that and has a > > demonstrated case of post-upgrade difficulties that we can nail down. > > > > - Dennis > > > > PS: When getting the Windows File Explorer properties for a folder, the > > Read-only attribute box will tend to have a black square in it. This does > > not mean that all of the files are read only. This may be misleading some > > folks into thinking that is their problem. Only if there is a check-mark > > in the box are the files in the folder all set to read-only. (The black > > box apparently means there might be some read-only files in the folder > > below, and those are usually system files, not everything.) > > > > PPS: I have seen reports that Windows 10 Home (not Pro) has increased > > security safeguards. I don't know if this is related or not. > > > > PPPS: I have not attempted any fresh installs of anything. I will install > > a later version of LibreOffice to see if there are problems there. Based > > on my experience so far, I do not expect any. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rob Weir [mailto:r...@robweir.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, August 4, 2015 05:47 > > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > > Subject: Re: For Information: Reported Windows 10 problems > > > > I see this as well: > > > > http://www.cnet.com/forums/discussions/windows-10-changed-all-my-documents-to-read-only/ > > > > The test to do is check the file in Windows Explorer. Right click > > and go to the Properties panel. If it is marked "read only" there, > > with AOO not even running, then it is an OS issue. > > > > -Rob > > > > On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 3:51 AM, Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> wrote: > >> I should stat by saying that I do not now use Windows other than an old > >> version for access to archived files in old formats, so what I write below > >> is based on a quick analysis from memory of recent Forum postings. > >> > >> There are a number of reported Windows 10 problems, some of which are > >> being laid at the door of OpenOffice although they may be generic W10 > >> upgrade difficulties and/or user problems with that upgrade. > >> > >> I list below some of the recent threads. > >> > >> The most common problem is that the W10 upgrade leaves all OpenOffice > >> files (and, from other reports, other application files) in read-only > >> form; this read-only may possibly be removable but there is no clear 100% > >> effective path to do this (from the reports below) > >> > >> Other reports are of inability to open OO applications - Calc apparently > >> being the most commonly affected. > >> > >> https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=78470 > >> > >> https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=78450 > >> > >> https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=78432 > >> > >> https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=78445 > >> > >> -- > >> Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > -- Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
