[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 111993] Installer associates all MS Office files with LibreOffice even though boxes are unchecked

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=111993

Mike Kaganski <mikekaganski at hotmail.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|---                         |NOTABUG

--- Comment #2 from Mike Kaganski <mikekaganski at hotmail.com> ---
Well, on the second thought, it might not be a bug.

This only happens if the files don't have default applications assigned.
LibreOffice doesn't actually assign itself as default application, it registers
itself as an application *able* to open these files. E.g., it writes itself to
the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\<.EXT>\OpenWithProgIDs, and to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\RegisteredApplications, which points to
Capabilities.

It appears that Windows itself selects the only available application able to
handle the file extension as its assigned handler. This may be seen with .docx,
which has default handler out of the box (to WORDPAD). Installation of
LibreOffice does not change this, it only adds a new item to Open With context
menu.

Since it's an OS feature, not something that LO installer does wrong, I suppose
it may be closed NOTABUG.

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