On 20/03/2021 08:55, Luuk wrote: > > On 19-3-2021 19:55, Dave Barton wrote: >> On 19/03/2021 17:36, Luuk wrote: >>> On 19-3-2021 18:03, Dave Barton wrote: >>>> I make a full backup of my main Windows 10 production machine every >>>> week >>>> and store those backups for at least 3 weeks. For many years I have >>>> found this to be a good insurance policy against most forms of >>>> corruption. Unfortunately, LO has succeeded in defeating the >>>> benefits of >>>> this policy. >>>> >>>> For the past 3 weeks I have been working, mostly with Writer, in >>>> blissful ignorance of the fact that my profile has been partially >>>> corrupted. I say partially, because only the default "AutoCorrect > >>>> Replace" options have disappeared, while the rest of my extensive >>>> profile remains in perfect working order. Obviously, this condition has >>>> existed for a least 3 weeks, because restoring my profile from backups >>>> does not resolve the issue. >>>> >>>> I really would like to avoid the pain of fully rebuilding my profile >>>> from scratch, so if anyone can offer any pointers or tips about >>>> restoring just I would be >>>> extremely grateful. >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> Dave >>> >>> You profile is stored in: >>> >>> C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\LibreOffice\4 >>> >>> you can rename this directory, and restart LO, then this directory will >>> be re-created (with the default). >>> >>> Now you only have to find out where the autocorrect settins are in this >>> profile (if there are any...) >>> >>> On my system the autocorrect things seem to be stored in: >>> >>> "C:\Users\Luuk\AppData\Roaming\LibreOffice\4\user\autocorr\acor_nl-NL.dat" >>> >>> >>> At least, that was my conclusion when opening that file with 7-zip, and >>> seeing the contents of 'DocumentList.xml' which did contains a manually >>> added entry in the auto correct list. >> Hi Luuk, >> >> Thanks for taking the time to reply. I fully understand the structure of >> the user profile and I see acor_en_GB.dat and acor_en_US.dat in the >> autocorr subdirectory. >> >> Fixes I have tried: >> >> * Delete one or both those dat files, with a full system restart each >> time. >> >> * Delete both the dat files and replace them with copies from a new >> install on an identical machine. >> >> All failed to restore the default "AutoCorrect > Replace" options. >> >> There has to be some other configuration setting in the profile that >> influences this option. >> >> Getting late here, so tomorrow I will spend a "less than enjoyable" day >> reconstructing my profile and writing a program to trigger a backup of >> my good profile _*BEFORE*_ LO ever starts and gets the opportunity to >> attack and corrupt my profile again. >> >> Regards >> Dave > > > Hi, > > Maybe too late, but the path under Tools/Options/"LibrOffice/Paths" > > has an "AutoCorrect" setting, which should be set to the UsersPath: > > "C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\LibreOffice\4\user\autocorr" > > The internalpath is set to: > > "C:\Program Files\LibreOffice\program\..\share\autocorr" (or: > "C:\Program Files\LibreOffice\share\autocorr") > > In this latest directory i do see all default autocorrect files for > different languages. > > But unfortunately there seems to be another setting missing?
Hi Luuk, Many thanks for following up on this. Yes, the "C:\Program Files\LibreOffice\share\autocorr" directory holds all the language masters of the acor_xx_xx.dat files and as the user profile languages are added the relevant acor_xx_xx.dat files are copied to "C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\LibreOffice\4\user\autocorr". Manually copying acor_en_GB.dat and acor_en_US.dat to my profile "C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\LibreOffice\4\user\autocorr" did not resolve my issue. However. I have now succeeded in rebuilding my profile and I have written a new profile backup and LO launch program. Regards Dave -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
