[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 127247] New: clean up remains from old versions

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=127247

            Bug ID: 127247
           Summary: clean up remains from old versions
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 6.3.0.4 release
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: LibreOffice
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: steffan.steffner at gmx.net

Description:
I‘d like to refer to https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=126810

actually, data stemming from old obviously caused the problem described at bug
126810
(problems are not occuring anymore after deleting folders/files stemming from
old versions of LibreOffice / stemming from LibreOffice 5) as descibed in bug
126810 under comment 10.

Plus, there are even more issues that are resolved by deleting old folders
/files.

Actally, when using the function „Datei→ Öffnen“ (or file → Open), a deprecated
interface was displayed in my LibreOffice Version 6.2.  (see image in
attachment) before I resorted to deleting the old files.

I resolved this issue by 
- deinstalling the current version of LibreOffice
- deleting all old folders /files stemming from old(er) versions;
- reinstalling new version

I deleted the following folders (together with all files in them):

C:\Program Files\LibreOffice 5
C:\Program Files (x86)\LibreOffice 5
C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Roaming\LibreOffice


So I would suggest:
A new version should  always perform the following clean-up when installing:
- delete all old folders /files stemming from former versions
- before deleting:  extract all required user settings from the old files (I
can think of: copy paths for „Arbeitsverzeichnis“, „Sicherungskopien“, copy
„Druckformatvorlagen“ etc.) and „paste“ these settings into the new files
/setting of LibreOffice.



Steps to Reproduce:
Please see desciption - 
only happens when the curent install of LibreOffice is istalled over an
existing install of LibreOffice (I can speak here for installs of Version 6
over installs of Version 5.

Actual Results:
Settings /user interfaces  from older versions persist in newer versions.

Expected Results:
The new version should overwrite everything stemming from old versions.
Only specified user settings (paths for „Arbeitsverzeichnis“,
„Sicherungskopien“, copy „Druckformatvorlagen“ etc.) should be integrated into
new version.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
A new version should  always perform the following clean-up when installing:
- delete all old folders /files stemming from former versions
(but extract the settings as desciped here unter "expected results", an
integrate these in the new version).

(by the way, I am just reading (in this very form ....) about "Did you try
resetting the your user profile?";  probably this would have resolved my issue
as well; but I would say that this option will not be found by 95% of people
affected with correspond problems; as of now, I have no idea how to perform
"reset your user profile" in LibreOffice (exept the solution I used, that is to
manually delete the old folders)

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