Issue 126945 - Access to user profile folder
Summary: Access to user profile folder
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: Installation
Classification: Application
Component: ui (show other issues)
Version: 4.0.0
Hardware: All Windows, all
: P5 (lowest) Normal (vote)
Target Milestone: None
Assignee: AOO issues mailing list
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Reported: 2016-04-30 09:46 UTC by tintin60
Modified: 2020-01-06 11:17 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
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Description tintin60 2016-04-30 09:46:28 UTC 
Hi,

Not found here the same request.

Navigate to user profile folder through hidden folders is a difficult procedure for lot of people.

Would it be possible to access the user profile folder directly as possible with Thunderbird or Firefox  via assistance informations ?

I think it would be a real improvement.

Regards
Comment 1 orcmid 2016-04-30 15:34:01 UTC 
(In reply to tintin60 from comment #0)

> Navigate to user profile folder through hidden folders is a difficult
> procedure for lot of people.
> 
> Would it be possible to access the user profile folder directly as possible
> with Thunderbird or Firefox  via assistance informations ?


That's a great idea, along with other means/caveats to provide casual users with the information needed to work reliably (e.g., reveal extensions on all files, manage associations, reset the profile, find the correct Java JRE, locating documents recently-used and not actually lost, ...).  [This is not sarcasm, I think all of these things are overdue.)

There is an issue (that I will go looking for) to provide a means to automatically reset the user profile.  Visiting the profile or editing it does not make much sense in the case of AOO.

Would it be sufficient to provide the user with means to backup and reset the user profile?

As a stop-gap, we could provide a separate utility for monkeying with the profile.  That might be easier (and an upgrade of AOO could rely on it programmatically at some point).

Please share your thoughts.
Comment 2 oooforum (fr) 2016-05-02 06:53:11 UTC 
The problem is that this function can't be inner to AOO. Because the user profile is locked when the program is launched.

Maybe OP talks about similar function like running in safe-mode:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-using-safe-mode
Comment 3 orcmid 2016-05-02 15:47:10 UTC 
(In reply to oooforum (fr) from comment #2)
> The problem is that this function can't be inner to AOO. Because the user
> profile is locked when the program is launched.

Good point!

That's another reason for having a standalone utility (installed with AOO) that can be run separately.  It has value beyond testing and proof-of-concept.

The utility also needs to be able to shut down a stuck quick starter.
Comment 4 kewin 2020-01-06 09:45:40 UTC 
any progress?
Comment 5 oooforum (fr) 2020-01-06 11:17:44 UTC 
(In reply to kewin from comment #4)
> any progress?

Did you read this report?
Target is still set to "none".

For me, such development is not a priority.
Reseting profile needed is at 90% comes from spell checker problem
So wait next build with this enhancement: see issue 126762