On Sun, 8 Mar 2020 14:54:51 +0000 Stuart Walton <stuartwal...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> Thanks, guys. I appear to have solved it by simply downloading Open Office > again. My documents have now reverted to normal editable format. > > SW That will have reset your File Attribute settings to point to OpenOffice. > > ________________________________ > From: Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> > Sent: 08 March 2020 14:40 > To: users@openoffice.apache.org <users@openoffice.apache.org> > Cc: Stuart Walton <stuartwal...@hotmail.co.uk> > Subject: Re: Microsoft payment demand > > 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> > > [https://ipmcdn.avast.com/images/icons/icon-envelope-tick-round-orange-animated-no-repeat-v1.gif]<https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > Virus-free. > www.avast.com<https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> -- 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
