Dan, I don't know how you did it, but you do not have the OpenOffice *application* in your Applications folder. (You could [single] click on that icon and type Cmd-I [File > Get Info]. If I were a betting person, I would bet the Kind is "Volume", not "Application".) Furthermore, I can't imagine how clicking on the disk icon would go directly to the application.
You need to remove whatever "OpenOffice" icon you have in the Applications folder, and start over. After double-clicking on the downloaded dmg file, a window named "OpenOffice" will open. *Staying totally in that* *window*, drag the icon "OpenOffice.app" and drop it on top of the "Applications" icon *in that window*. Then, when you open the Applications folder, you should see "OpenOffice.app" (with a size of about 400MB), and Get Info will show it as an Application. I just thought of another possible source of confusion. You have two Applications folders that can come into play. One is the "system" Applications folder (e.g., at the path /Macintosh HD/Applications), and one is in your "personal" Applications folder (e.g., at the path /Macintosh HD/Users/<your_name>/Applications). You want the OpenOffice app to be in the "system" folder. However, regardless of which Applications folder contains the "mystery" file, I don't understand the behavior you describe. Good luck, Chuck On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 7:51 PM Dan at News Media Services <nmsin...@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote: > Hi Dave,Thank you for your response.Here is what I did, after reading > your notes: > Quit Open Office by selecting"Quit" in OO menu bar.Ejected OO disk icon > that remained on desktop.Opened the Application Folder located in the Dock > on desktop.Selected and clicked on OO icon in application folder.OO disk > icon again appeared on desktop.Clicked on OO disk icon to start program.OO > start bar appeared and loaded on desktop.OO files opened, as usual. > Everything above is what I go through each time I quit OO. > The disk icon never goes away while OO is open.If I try to eject the OO > disk on the desktop, a message says because OO files are opened, I have to > Force Eject. This would terminate the OO program, until I relaunch it. > [snip]
