On Sun, 8 Mar 2020 13:52:49 +0000 Stuart Walton <stuartwal...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> Since I updated the version of Windows 10 I was using on my PC, I find I am > no longer able to access my Open Office .odt douments without getting a big > dialog box from Microsoft demanding payment. None of my files is saved in > Word, but it won’t let me access them even so. I have saved everything on to > a USB device, but it won’t let me access them there either. I tried copying > the existing files into new .odt files and it won’t let me do that either. > > How come Microsoft is taking over an entirely separate free word-processing > system? And is there anything I can do to get around it without paying > Microsoft for their system, which I don’t want? > > Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10 > I work on Xubuntu, not any modern version of Windows, so take my advice in that light. I think the Windows 10 updates have changed the default programs for Microsoft formats (.doc, .docx, xls, .xlsx etc) back to the trial Microsoft Office supplied with Windows 10. This trial version is now out of time, hence the "purchase" mag screen. How to fix? If what I surmise above is true, reset the File Associations for affected files so they open with OpenOffice. -- Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
