Issue 121886 - power failure sometimes deletes user settings
Summary: power failure sometimes deletes user settings
Status: CONFIRMED
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Product: General
Classification: Code
Component: security (show other issues)
Version: 3.4.1
Hardware: All All
: P3 Normal (vote)
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Reported: 2013-03-12 12:51 UTC by TAB
Modified: 2014-02-27 09:34 UTC (History)
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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
Latest Confirmation in: 4.1.0-dev
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Description TAB 2013-03-12 12:51:02 UTC 
After a power failure, OOff sometimes --that's not reproducible-- comes up 'empty': no recent documents, customs settings (eg, colours) replaced by default, templates initialized for 'first-time usage' use, etc.
	This indicates bad parameter management. Only the current session should suffer. For example, if I changed the background colour just before the power failure, I expect to lose it, but the old colour (from the previous session) should be preserved.
	Even though the problem is not reproducible, one could examine how --in what file?-- the user parameters are stored, and ensure that the orevious settings are safe until updated when the current session terminates normally.
Comment 1 Edwin Sharp 2014-02-25 12:58:54 UTC 
Can not reproduce
AOO410m1(Build:9750)  -  Rev. 1571426
2014-02-25_04:10:58 - Rev. 1571555
Debian
Comment 2 TAB 2014-02-26 20:53:14 UTC 
'Can not reproduce' --true.
But, can be fixed. See my original submission.
I am not a software expert but here is a suggestion: if the user-parameters file was closed immediately after OO loads, and reopened --for updating-- only when the session closes normally, then it would not get damaged by a power failure. The old parameters (options, recent documents, ...) would still be available when restarting OO after power is restored.
Comment 3 Edwin Sharp 2014-02-27 09:34:28 UTC 
Confirming for possible improvement in save mechanism.