Some newly installed software missing from Start-->all programs Vista Tips Discuss Some newly installed software missing from Start-->all programs in the Windows Vista forums; I'm not sure of the different applications which may have this problem, but below is what I experienced when I downloaded and installed OpenOffice.org 2.1: Downloaded and ...

I'm not sure of the different applications which may have this problem, but below is what I experienced when I downloaded and installed OpenOffice.org 2.1:

Downloaded and saved (no issues or problems)
Ran the setup program (no reported problems or issues)

Selected Start-->All Programs (NO OpenOffice)
I located the install in C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org 2.1

There is a ton of directories and sub-directories, but I could not find an executable.

It's late so I decide to tackle it the next day.

Following day, I start to explore the new Vista and when I right click with my mouse on the desktop and select new I discover the OpenOffice - Document/Drawing/Text/Presentation/Spreadsheet Icons.

I select a Document and OpenOffice prompts me to register which I do. I create a dummy document and save it. However - As I later discovered the registering of the software allowed it to be visible from the Start-->All Programs menu.

OpenOffice is free to anyone who wants to use it and I think this is a really slick way of gathering user registration. But some users will (as I almost did) remove the package.

[felix8406]

Thanks Jim for the info. OpenOffice is in fact an excellent office suite. It doesn't have all the features of Office 2003 or 2007, but it can sure be use for daily use. It can also open word documents as well.

[ants]

An alternative might be to create a shortcut and drag it too the start menu?

I have noticed this error with quite a few applications. Well a couple.

[crabby]

It is because the installation isn't smart enough to realise that the path is slightly different to create the same shortcuts that it used to in XP. The ones that work use a registry key to check the path before writing. My main example is NWN2 so I just created the shortcuts myself. Odd that after registration it set itself up

PS: Vegemite is SOOOOOOO much better than Marmite!

crabby

[Znod]

Originally Posted by jemw

I'm not sure of the different applications which may have this problem, but below is what I experienced when I downloaded and installed OpenOffice.org 2.1:

Downloaded and saved (no issues or problems)
Ran the setup program (no reported problems or issues)

Selected Start-->All Programs (NO OpenOffice)
I located the install in C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org 2.1

There is a ton of directories and sub-directories, but I could not find an executable.

It's late so I decide to tackle it the next day.

Following day, I start to explore the new Vista and when I right click with my mouse on the desktop and select new I discover the OpenOffice - Document/Drawing/Text/Presentation/Spreadsheet Icons.

I select a Document and OpenOffice prompts me to register which I do. I create a dummy document and save it. However - As I later discovered the registering of the software allowed it to be visible from the Start-->All Programs menu.

OpenOffice is free to anyone who wants to use it and I think this is a really slick way of gathering user registration. But some users will (as I almost did) remove the package.

Thanks Jim. I am sure many will appreciate your post. Open Office is a wonderful free program. I tested it once long ago an recommend it highly to anyone wanting a more or less basic type of "Office" suite.