Whew! Reading this, I had a moment of panic because my OpenOffice files are just as important to me.
But I find they open as usual. I'm using version 4.1.16 AOO4116m3(Build:9816) with maOS 26.4.1 (25E253) Is this going to happen to me as well? David > On May 18, 2026, at 9:22 PM, kate wenzell via users > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi there,I'm trying not to panic. I have been saving important data in Open > Office files for years, this is a project I worked on every day for years. > Now suddenly out of nowhere, it won't let me open them. It is giving me the > error: > soffice.bin- Entry Point Not Found > "The procedure entry point > ??0ViewinformationSD@geometry@drawinglayer@@QAE@ABVcouldnotbelocatedinthedynamiclinklibraryC:\ProgramFiles(x86)OpenOffice4\program\svxcore.dll." > I tried to search the forum, but the instructions they give are gobblydegook > to me- I'm not very tech savvy and I'm terrified I'll accidentally delete all > the work I've done over the years! Can somebody please help me fix this > problem so I can access all my work again? > I don't understand tech very well. I just downloaded Open Office years ago. > It might be updating itself, I don't do it personally. Currently there are 2 > shortcuts on my desktop that I use. One says "Open Office 4.1.14" but I don't > use that one. I use another blank one that I use to save a new document each > time I need one which just says "Open Office". Almost all my documents are > saved to Open Office because I lost the license to Micosoft Word when I had > to transfer my data from an old laptop to a used one. So I can't access > almost anything now, not just my year's long project!!! I have transferred > all my data various times through out the years, but I have never had a > problem with Open Office and this problem is popping up out of nowhere > because the last time I transferred data or had a problem with my laptop was > years ago, I've just been going about things as normal. I don't know if maybe > the software did an automatic update recently I'm unaware of. I don't know > what information you need, but I did have a problem on April 27th or 28th, > one file I tried to open came up only as pound signs and would give the > option to open as "read only" or "edit", but when I opened it either way all > data was pound signs and it said it was encrypted and needed the admin to > open it. I have no idea what that was all about, but for that project, I > simply started a new document and redid the information for that day only, > and I haven't had that specific problem since. I thought maybe there had been > a glitch because the computer crashed while it was open, although that > happens often enough because it will crash if my charging cable falls out, > which is loose and it happens periodically despite my effort to not let it, > and this problem had never happened before. That was a couple weeks ago, so > it appears something may be going progressively wrong with the software? > Please help!!! I don't know enough about tech to figure this out on my own!!! > Thanks, > Kate --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
