It can become necessary to refresh your user profile, e.g. to solve a problem you are struggling with. Perhaps this process, for the average user is to complicated. It would be very practical when LO had a "refresh user profile" button like firefox has.
do you mean "reset" user profile?
Now that you as me: no, that is not exactly what I mean. The first thing I do when I set up a new instance of LO is change the autocorrection preferences. I find the default preferences for autocorrection not nice. It would be nice to have a choice what to reset and what not. So: no, I do not mean "reset" user profile. I mean: have a some influence on what to reset and what to leave in tact.
so with "refresh" do you mean "selectively reset" the user profile to some custom settings of your choice?
Yes I think so. I mean: - create a not so complicated way for the average user to wipe his user profile whithin LibreOffice, - give him the option to keep (some of his) customizations (theming, toolbars, autocorrection settings, templates, dictionaries etc.) - wipe the-stuf-that-you-don't-understand-and-where-almost-certain-the-problem-lies.
Ok, edited summary notes. status NEW. Enhancement request.
Thanks Pieter. Maybe you can work on a list with specific items that you would like to see in the dialog, that will probably be needed to select which settings to reset and which to preserve, and post it here? Ciao - Cor
Usually it's enough renaming/deleting the file "user/registrymodifications.xcu", it affects all the options in Menu/Tools/Options, and the files "user/basic/dialog.xlc" and "scrip.xlc" are overwritten, additionally custom colors in "user/config/standard.soc" are lost. I think it can solve the lost of Autocorrect options.
In LibreOffice 5.3 a Safe Mode has been added which does exactly what you wish: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/5.3#Safe_Mode