Apache OpenOffice Community Forum - Will uninstalling AOO keep my files? (2024)

Will uninstalling AOO keep my files?

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Postby AliSan » Thu Mar 18, 2021 12:52 am

When I installed OpenOffice, it automatically converted all my word files into Open Office files.
I want to uninstall Open Office. If I uninstall, will it also delete all my files? Or will they go back to being word files?

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Open Office 4.0 on Windows 7

Re: Uninstalling Do I Keep My Files

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Postby robleyd » Thu Mar 18, 2021 1:17 am

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Re: Uninstalling Do I Keep My Files

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Postby AliSan » Fri Mar 19, 2021 2:55 am

How do I reset the file associations?

Open Office 4.0 on Windows 7

Re: Uninstalling Do I Keep My Files

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Postby robleyd » Fri Mar 19, 2021 3:18 am

You can go to the Control Panel, Default Programs. From there you can select which program opens which extension. Note this is a Windows matter, not related to AOO.

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Re: Uninstalling Do I Keep My Files

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Postby RusselB » Fri Mar 19, 2021 3:20 am

Most programs will do the association automatically if you select the default installation settings.
It is the last program you installed that will have the associations set. This is the reason some people have problems when having two or more office programs installed on the same system.

OpenOffice 4.1.7, LibreOffice 7.0.1.2 on Windows 7 Pro, Ultimate & Windows 10 Home (2004)
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Re: Uninstalling Do I Keep My Files

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Postby Hagar Delest » Fri Mar 19, 2021 10:01 am

LibreOffice 24.2 on Xubuntu 24.04 and 7.6.4.1 portable on Windows 10