On the File tab, select Open > Browse to locate the damaged file. Workaround 2: Manually access, open, and repair

Move the file to a folder that has a shorter path name.

Rename one or more folders that contain the file so that they have shorter names.

Rename the file so that it has a shorter name.

To work around this issue, try any of the following workarounds. Do NOT do a Search & Destroy on any files left behind you THINK may be deleted! To properly uninstall MSOffice from your computer, either follow this link or use a third-party uninstaller (I personally have used AppCleaner with very good results…i have no skin in that game, just a satisfied user.)Īll the above instructions are easily adaptable to work with Windows and Linux…except the uninstallation procedure for Linux! This method will also work with any other files that open in the wrong application or if you just want to change the default program.This limit includes the three characters that represent the drive, the characters in folder names, backslash characters between folder names, and the characters in the file name itself.

Dragging Office to the Trash will leave a slew of satellite files that may cause problems (as OP had). You have been warned.Ī typical Microsoft installation will spew files all over your hard drive, some are hidden files as well. I take no responsibility if something should go wrong. If you’d like LibreOffice to always open MSOffice files, follow the same procedure.ĭISCLAIMER: this third step is to followed only if you are an intermediate/expert computer user. Now all of the files associated with LibreOffice will open with a double-click directly from Finder.

Find LibreOffice.app and click the Change All button. This “unwanted reassociation” is probably the cause of 80% of similar but easily resolved problems on this site!įrom Finder, choose a LO file and press CMD-I > Get Info. If that works, the file(s) are not corrupted and it is most likely a attribution resetting…that is, somehow the file(s) got associated to another program. As requested by PANIC! If a LibreOffice file, regardless of type, doesn’t open from your OS’s file manager (in this case, Finder) first launch LibreOffice and see if you can open the file(s) with CMD-O > Open File.

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