Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 86896
User name containing special characters prevents starting AOO
Last modified: 2014-03-06 13:09:19 UTC
User name containing special characters, i.e. "ć" (c with apostrophe) prevents OO from starting (gives some confusing error in dialog box and aborts). Apparently, OO converts special characters into ASCII characters and tries to find directory with this new name in "Documents and Settings" directory and fails. No such user name and user directory exists so it fails to write its files to disk. If I create such a directory with special characters modified to ASCII (i.e. "ć" to "c"), then OO works OK and saves its files to this new directory. This also creates another issue that this new directory is now the default document directory (instead of using user's directory). I did not try other OS's (only Windows XP Home) but the issue could be common depending how other OS's handle special characters.
Someone should confirm it and raise severity.
Can not reproduce AOO410m1(Build:9750) - Rev. 1562493 Rev.1562493 Win 7
Perfectly reproducible with Rev.1562980 Stop vandalizing Bugzilla please.
Created attachment 82450 [details] c with apostrophe in user name
(In reply to urmasd from comment #3) > Perfectly reproducible with Rev.1562980 > > Stop vandalizing Bugzilla please. Please attach example / exact steps to reproduce and don't waste my time.
1. Windows user account name was meant. 2. 'C with apostrophe' is obviously ć, not ç.
Thank you for this clarification.
Confirmed per comment 3. I personally cannot enter c with apostrophe to computer name in Win 7 using: Start menu - right click Computer - Properties - Computer name, domain, and workgroup settings - Change settings - Computer Name - Change...
Account name, not a computer name.
*** Issue 123156 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***