Thanks, James. That actually makes sense. It looked to me like a registry
problem. I think I'm going to install OO on my wife's Win 7 system and see
what happens.
You've been a great help. I wish others were that persistent.
I've considered trying Linux, but I'm afraid that I have too many programs
that I rely on that won't be available. Guess I'm a "prisoner" to MS - just
like I am to the cell phone providers.
-----Original Message-----
From: James Knott
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2015 8:41 AM
To: users@openoffice.apache.org ; Richard Fox
Subject: Re: Question re/ using Open Office
On 06/26/2015 09:19 AM, Richard Fox wrote:
Thanks again for your help. If you ever figure out a way to open MS
files with "open as", please let me know. In the meantime, I have a
workable solution.
I just checked with Windows 10. I normally use Windows 7, when I have
to use Windows. W10 is different in that the apps do not appear to be
automatically added as an app registered to open a file type. Instead,
it's necessary to click on Open with > Choose another app and then
choose the app from Other Options and also select "Always use this
app...". However, even after selecting that, the app will not appear in
the Open with list, though it is the default. I guess this is
Microsoft's way to discourage competitor software. I suspect W8 is the
same as W10 in this respect.
Richard Fox
rafo...@outlook.com
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