Issue 90213 - Install should ask to set OO as default application
Summary: Install should ask to set OO as default application
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: Installation
Classification: Application
Component: ui (show other issues)
Version: OOo 3.0 Beta
Hardware: Mac Mac OS X, all
: P4 Trivial with 2 votes (vote)
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Assignee: AOO issues mailing list
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Keywords: oooqa
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Reported: 2008-06-01 12:28 UTC by triplekids
Modified: 2013-01-29 21:47 UTC (History)
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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
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Description triplekids 2008-06-01 12:28:08 UTC 
I installed OO 3.0 beta on a Macintosh already running NeoOffice (and no OpenOffice). After installation, 
.odt (and .odg, ....) files are still opened with NeoOffice

The installation routine should ask the user for confirmation to change this setting to default to OO, or 
just do it rightaway

There is a workaround to do this manually by selecting a .odt file, cmd-I and choose OpenOffice as the 
default program for all .odt files. Users have to repeat this for all file formats
Comment 1 aziem 2008-06-01 18:14:33 UTC 
Frequently reported duplicate to issue 89110



*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 89110 ***
Comment 2 aziem 2008-06-01 18:14:54 UTC 
In the future, please search before reporting to avoid duplicates
Comment 3 triplekids 2008-06-01 20:30:34 UTC 
aziem,

this is not a duplicate of 89110:

89110 is for Windows, this one solely applies to Mac OS with NeoOffice installed
89110 is about not beeing able to associate file types with OO, this one is about OO file types not beeing 
automatically associated with OO during installation
Comment 4 Olaf Felka 2008-06-01 20:58:23 UTC 
Looks like issue 88051.
Comment 5 mgh12 2009-02-05 10:49:58 UTC 
It is great that Open Office is now a native Aqua application in Mac OS X.
However, it is somewhat presumptuous for Open Office to set itself as the
default application to open .doc, .xls, .ppt

This should be a question that is asked during the installation process and
something that is easily changeable in the Preferences menu of Open Office.

When you install Firefox, it asks if you would like to make it your default web
browser.  In the same way, OpenOffice should ASK if you would like it to be the
default application for opening .doc, .xls, .ppt etc.