Bug 188993 - KDE won't launch Openoffice files
Summary: KDE won't launch Openoffice files
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Alias: None
Product: kde
Classification: I don't know
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Fedora RPMs Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Unassigned bugs mailing-list
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Reported: 2009-04-06 23:47 UTC by james tate
Modified: 2009-04-07 15:53 UTC (History)
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Description james tate 2009-04-06 23:47:46 UTC
Version:            (using KDE 4.1.2)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Fedora RPMs

FC 10-X86_64 / KDE

This box is a Fresh install of FC10 from FC8 ,  / was formatted and clean install, the /home/user was saved from FC8 .

For instance, opening a *.xls , *.odt any OO file, from Dolphin or Konqueror,  if you LEFT click on a Icon to open a xls, it will say it can't open it,
but if I RIGHT click and tell it to open with "OpenOffice Calc" it will open it.

In the window, when you RIGHT click it says;

? Open with Spreadsheet
Open with Openoffice Calc
Other

If you click on "Open with Spreadsheet" that when it says it can't open file,   There is  a ? in front of  'Open with Spreadsheet' , which it means it's a DEAD application launcher.

But if I select 'Open with Openoffice Calc' it then opens the .xls file.

That  ? Open with Spreadsheet  is a DEAD launcher and also the DEFAULT launcher when LEFT clicking on Icon to start opening a OpenOffice-3 file.

How Do I Get Rid of   ?  Open with Spreadsheet in the LEFT click window .

I have deleted the ~/user/.kde and let it regenerate a new .kde folder, but that doesn't help with my problem.

I also deleted the  .openoffice folder and let it regenerate a new .openoffice folder.
Comment 1 james tate 2009-04-06 23:53:56 UTC
How Do I Get Rid of   ?  Open with Spreadsheet in the LEFT click window .

Correction !!

Where I said LEFT click window .

I meant RIGHT click window.
Comment 2 Dario Andres 2009-04-07 15:53:24 UTC
Hi. This was probably caused by mixing config files from different versions.
You can try this:
- On Dolphin , right click a XLS file and select "Properties"
- In the Properties dialog select the "toolbox" icon on the right of the "Type: " label
- On the new sub dialog, click the "Spreadsheet" option and delete it (or move it to the bottom). ("OpenOffice calc" will be on top now) 

- Click OK

This will update your settings about the "xls" files. Opening an XLS file will trigger "OpenOffice Calc" and the "Open in Spreadsheet" option should be gone.

You can do this for every file type :)

I'm closing this as "INVALID" because it is not a KDE bug but an error in the configurations, probably related to the distro reinstall with the old home configuration files

Thanks !