LIbreOffice 6.3.4.2 won't open at all
I am using LibreOffice 6.3.4.2 on an HP G60-120 with Windows 10 Pro. Since installing the latest version of LibreOffice I am unable to open any documents or spreadsheets, or the program itself from the Start menu. A malware scan of the files was clean. A repair reinstall went okay but didn't fix it. There are no missing drivers. Defaults are unchanged. I can't afford to lose my settings and dictionary so I don't want to do a clean reinstall, but if I can save them some way I'm willing to try it.
I'm having the same problem. Have done multiple installations and nothing opens on this computer. My account on a different computer works just fine!
Try:
Right click -> Run
on Windows Start menu"%ProgramFiles%\LibreOffice\program\soffice" --safe-mode
into Open text field (including the double quotes)Continue in Safe Mode
in the dialog (if it appears)If that works, then you need to reset your LibreOffice user profile (
Reset to factory settings -> [x] Reset entire user profile
in the dialog above)Thanks for the reply. I tried it just as you suggested twice, but each time I got something like a blank command prompt window that closed in just a few seconds.
Ok, then
Right click -> Run
on Windows Start menucmd
into Open text field"%ProgramFiles%\LibreOffice\program\soffice" --safe-mode
andENTER
I have tried everything that has been suggested and still nothing. I don't know what to do now. Please help.
@Opaque: It didn't work either. There was no error message or anything else. Nothing happened, just black screen. I also tried another repair reinstall, and there I got an error message: "Warning 1946. Property 'System.AppUserModel.ID' for shortcut 'LibreOfficeCalc.lnk' could not be set." @bargi: It didn't call for a restart, it didn't show a crash, and it didn't ask for a report. Just the error message above and nothing else.
The error message isn't an error but a "Warning:", which means that there will be no links (probably no Libreoffice icon on the desktop - forget that for now). Could you add
%ProgramFiles%\LibreOffice\
(now without the double quotes) into the Windows Explorer location bar and do you see any content?I clean re-install won't touch your LibreOffice user profile (btw: The
--safe-mode
approach above is also about to safe you current user profile). If you want to backup your user profile, type%appdata%\LibreOffice
into Windows Explorer location bar and make a full copy of the directory called4
to some safe place.Opaque, thanks again for answering. (I don't know if this counts for anything but my only LO shortcut is for Writer in the taskbar.) I went through File Explorer and it opened up the LibreOffice folder in program files. I see 5 folders and 4 files; the files are documents and seem irrelevant . The folders are help, presets, program, readmes, and share. Just to see, I went into the program folder and tried to open swriter.exe and soffice.exe. Neither one opened, Meanwhile, I have copied "4" into a folder on the desktop. What do you suggest next?
I don't know how or why it happened, but yesterday Writer started working again. I got a not-finished-saving message for a document that was already moved, so maybe it was just stuck on that. Anyway it's good now. Thank you for the replies.