Bug 130316 - The portable version of Writer pops up a bubble saying that there is an upgrade available, which can lead to failure.
Summary: The portable version of Writer pops up a bubble saying that there is an upgra...
Status: RESOLVED NOTOURBUG
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Installation (show other bugs)
Version:
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6.3.3.2 release
Hardware: All Windows (All)
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Reported: 2020-01-31 11:12 UTC by John van Someren
Modified: 2020-03-14 15:40 UTC (History)
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Description John van Someren 2020-01-31 11:12:36 UTC
Description:
The portable version of Writer (under Windows 10) provides a message saying that there is an upgrade available, but the unwitting user who tries to access it from the bubble (or the tiny globe icon next to the x) will not be updating the portable version.
The new version will download safely, but it isn't the portable version. 

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Run the portable version at a time when there is an update version. Wait for the bubble informing you of the new version
2.Download the new version
3.Instal it and notice that the portable version has not been upgraded: you now have the new version installed on your hard disc,

Actual Results:
You end up with an out of date portable version *and* an unwanted local installation of the latest version. I was using a borrowed machine and this annoyed the owner

Expected Results:
I clicked on an Open Document file in My Documents and it opened with the newly installed local version of Writer and *not* with the portable version. This left its footprint in the machine I was using.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
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Locale: en-GB
Module: TextDocument
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OS: Windows (All)
OS is 64bit: no
Comment 1 Roman Kuznetsov 2020-03-14 15:40:36 UTC
Portable version is just special package from original LibreOffice source. And it has the original LibreOffice's update feature instead different for portable version.

I don't think it's a bug of LibreOffice in this case.

You can write about your problem to owner of your LibreOffice Portable build.

So closed as NOTOURBUG