


MacOS does not use the Quickstarter and never creates an soffice. NB: make sure that there is no soffice.bin process in the task manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc under Windows).

First close OpenOffice, including the Quickstarter (blue seagulls icon in system tray) if activated.This is to avoid losing your customization when you upgrade. The uninstallation process does not remove the personal settings (like many other applications). Note that reinstalling the software will be of no use at all. The below instructions apply to most of the derivatives (OpenOffice, LibreOffice.). If you notice some strange behavior of the application or if it just crashes or doesn't start, the first thing to try is to reset the user profile. A corruption of your profile can sometimes occur (an OS crash when using the application for example) or an incompatibility with a former version in case of upgrade.
