I’ve just switched to LibreOffice from OpenOffice. The trigger for me was that the QuickStarter option, while still apparently there, would not stay enabled. During install, the QuickStart option was on one of the prompts and I selected it. Once install completed, I invoked LibreOffice and checked the Options/General and, while the QuickStarter option is there, it was disabled. I enabled it, clicked on Apply and exited. Re-entering the option… it was disabled again!
What on earth is going on?
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The bug linked by @fpy has a way to set the flag in Comment 11 & 12.
Need to Manually set the flag, then Re-Boot PC, to re-initialize and re-read registry value for Startup entries. (see picture in JPG
The place to manually set the flag is in Tools > Options > LibreOffice > General
Well, that was the first thing I tried but, like I said, checking the QuickStarter box, APPLYing, exiting and re-entering the option reveals that the box is, once again, unchecked.
Not rebooting, which was the majority of the text? It needs to apply the changes to Windows. Change the setting, OK. Close LibreOffice, click Start menu > Power > Restart (not Power off as that defaults to hibernate)
Rebooting (Windows Restart) has no effect, I’m afraid.
Click Start menu > Settings > Apps > Startup and look for quickstart.exe. Is it there and switched on? If it is, you can assume it is working. If it is switched off, switch it on
If it isn’t there you can add it manually, see Configure startup applications in Windows - Microsoft Support
The path to Quickstart is usually
C:\Program Files\LibreOffice\program\quickstart.exe
Could you please provide a full path to the installed LibreOffice? Possibly we have some corner case that prevents creation of the needed shortcut in the respective code.
Pretty standard: C:\Program Files\LibreOffice
Thanks for the helpful detail.
I got Libre Office to launch with Windows boot but, even though I set Start option to Minimize in the shortcut Properties, it starts and displays on the screen (not fullscreen, not minimized).
At one time, when I was using Open Office, it would show beside the Hidden Startup Icons chevron.
That’s what I was hoping for. With that, when I needed to, I could right-click on that icon and choose Text, Calc, or whatever which would then launch (quickly).
Do you set soffice in the Windows startup, not quickstart?
Duh! That was it. Thank you.