[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 122266] New: LibreOffice/Windows does not install MIME type for MS Word =>2007 documents

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            Bug ID: 122266
           Summary: LibreOffice/Windows does not install MIME type for MS
                    Word =>2007 documents
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 6.1.4.2 release
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: LibreOffice
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: mike-libreoffice at mikeymike.org.uk

Description:
I found this in a round-about way because of a website that was inadvertently
offering files to download but in Firefox the files came without the .docx file
extension, causing Windows (tested on 10 x64, 7 x64, XP x86) to ask the user
what they want to do with a file with no extension and no suggested app to open
it with.  Firefox described the file being of type:
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document

However, with Word 2007 installed, Firefox would suggest Word to open the file
with and described it as a "Microsoft Word Document", or with Word installed
but LO set as the default app to open Word 2007 Documents in Windows, it would
suggest LibreOffice Writer.

After a bit of research, I added the following registry keys when Word was not
installed:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MIME\Database\Content
Type\application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document

application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document\Extension
(string): ".docx"

Which fixes the problem.  I think the other ones (Excel, PowerPoint) are
missing too, but I haven't tested those to the same degree.

On Linux x64 LO 6.0.x works fine in this regard.

Here's the contents of the .reg file I made that fixes the problem:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MIME\Database\Content
Type\application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document]
"Extension"=".docx"



Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Download with Firefox a Word 2007 document from a website which lacks the
.docx extension.


Actual Results:
Windows asks what to do with file of type
'application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document' with
no suggested apps.


Expected Results:
LibreOffice Writer should have been the suggested app to open the file.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



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