Bug 153337 - Updating LibreOffice deletes taskbar links and swaps start menu links
Summary: Updating LibreOffice deletes taskbar links and swaps start menu links
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 76131
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Installation (show other bugs)
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Hardware: All Windows (All)
: medium minor
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Reported: 2023-02-03 02:08 UTC by Dietmar
Modified: 2023-02-03 13:36 UTC (History)
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Description Dietmar 2023-02-03 02:08:44 UTC 
Description:
Hi,

Thank you for LibreOffice. As a computer engineer, I frequently install LibreOffice on my clients' computers. 

When updating LibreOffice, it would help me a lot if the existing links in the Windows taskbar were not always deleted and the order of the links in the Start menu were swapped.

As an example:
I would like to preconfigure links in the taskbar and start menu for my customers for easier access, e.g. for LibreOffice, LibreOffice Writer and LibreOffice Calc in exactly this order. After installing a new version, all these links in the taskbar regularly disappear and the order in the Start menu is, for example, LibreOffice Calc - LibreOffice - LibreOffice Writer.

Of course, this is not a big problem, but it is a bit annoying if you have to move or recreate these links unnecessarily several times a day.

A revision of this part of the setup would be really cool!

Have a nice day,
Dietmar.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Install LibreOffice
2.Pin for example Libre Office, LibreOffice Writer and LibreOffice Calc to the TaskBar and the Start Menu 
3.Install an update of LibreOffice (tested with customized setup)

Actual Results:
LibreOffice icons in Start Menu are messed up and LibreOffice Icons in TaskBar disappear

Expected Results:
LibreOffice icons in Start Menu keep their order and LibreOffice icons in the TaskBar do not disappear


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
A fix would be great :-)
Comment 1 Mike Kaganski 2023-02-03 04:43:32 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 76131 ***
Comment 2 Dietmar 2023-02-03 13:16:16 UTC 
(In reply to Mike Kaganski from comment #1)
> 
> *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 76131 ***

Hi Mike,

Thank you for your verification. I completely agree with you that the "icons disappear from the taskbar" part is also discussed in bug 76131 and is therefore a partial duplicate.

What I didn't see though, despite reading this long and old thread, is a reference to the problem of swapping the order of the icons in the Windows Start menu (tested with Windows 10 and Windows 11). For this reason and only for this aspect I have reopened the bug.

Please correct me if I have missed an existing bug for this aspect despite intensive search.
Comment 3 Mike Kaganski 2023-02-03 13:29:24 UTC 
It is all the same problem of removing and re-creating everything.
Comment 4 Dietmar 2023-02-03 13:36:34 UTC 
(In reply to Mike Kaganski from comment #3)
> It is all the same problem of removing and re-creating everything.

Ok, I agree. I will definitely close this bug and mention the partial aspect in bug 76131.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 76131 ***