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title="UNCONFIRMED - LibreOffice/Windows does not install MIME type for MS Word =>2007 documents"
href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=122266">122266</a>
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<th>Summary</th>
<td>LibreOffice/Windows does not install MIME type for MS Word =>2007 documents
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<th>Product</th>
<td>LibreOffice
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<th>Version</th>
<td>6.1.4.2 release
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<th>Hardware</th>
<td>All
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<th>OS</th>
<td>All
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<th>Status</th>
<td>UNCONFIRMED
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<th>Severity</th>
<td>normal
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<th>Priority</th>
<td>medium
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<th>Component</th>
<td>LibreOffice
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<th>Assignee</th>
<td>libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
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<th>Reporter</th>
<td>mike-libreoffice@mikeymike.org.uk
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<pre>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
Additional Info:</pre>
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