Bug 148037 - LibreOffice 7.2.5.2 (x64) will not open on Windows 11 home
Summary: LibreOffice 7.2.5.2 (x64) will not open on Windows 11 home
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LibreOffice (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
7.2.5.2 release
Hardware: Other Windows (All)
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Reported: 2022-03-16 15:47 UTC by m50walker
Modified: 2022-03-31 03:57 UTC (History)
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Description m50walker 2022-03-16 15:47:26 UTC
Description:
After I installed LibreOffice 7.2.5 Win x64.msi on Windows 11 home version, LibreOffice would not open, even in safe mode.  I had to uninstall version 7.2.5 and reinstall version 7.1.8 of LibreOffice in order to be able to open it.  Once I reinstalled the earlier version it seemed to work fine.  I have an older computer that runs Windows 7.  I had no problem installing and opening the new version of LibreOffice on the Windows 7 computer, and it seems to work fine.  Just not on Windows 11.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Install 7.2.5.2 on Windows 11 computer
2.Try to open LibreOffice, even in safe mode


Actual Results:
LibreOffice will not open

Expected Results:
LibreOffice should have opened


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
Text below is copied from Windows 7 installation, since LibreOffice would not open in Windows 11

Version: 7.2.5.2 (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 499f9727c189e6ef3471021d6132d4c694f357e5
CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 6.1 Service Pack 1 Build 7601; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: CL
Comment 1 Timur 2022-03-16 18:32:24 UTC
Please write your graphic card and see if you should mark as a duplicate of Bug 145803, which may be more useful than having this sole.
Comment 2 m50walker 2022-03-16 19:53:06 UTC
Not the same as bug 148307 since it won't even open in Safe Mode
Graphic card is AMD Radeon Graphics, driver version is 27.20.21030.1005
Comment 3 Timur 2022-03-17 09:27:03 UTC
User Profile Reset: indicates you should rename or delete your LO profile folder.
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/UserProfile#Resolving_corruption_in_the_user_profile

Then, if still Safe mode doesn't work, you should start without Skia. 
I think you need to type:
set SAL_DISABLESKIA=1
path-to\soffice.exe
Comment 4 m50walker 2022-03-17 15:50:06 UTC
I have 3 questions.  First, since LO will not open even in safe mode on my Windows 11 laptop, what if I rename the LO profile folder and it still does not open, even in safe mode?  Do I then restore the original LO profile folder?

Second, where do I type the set and path-to statements, and how do I get there in Windows 11?

Third, it seems like it would be safer to keep using LO version 7.1.8 on my Windows 11 laptop and LO version 7.2.5 on my Windows 7 desktop, since both versions work fine in the different Windows versions.  Possibly I could wait until another version of LO comes out and try installing that newer version on the laptop?
Comment 5 m50walker 2022-03-30 22:08:30 UTC
The problem was fixed by installing the latest version of LibreOffice, version 7.2.6.2 (x64).  When I installed this version, then LibreOffice opened with no problem.