Re: Any solutions welcome

Loach <[email protected]> Sat, 06 Jun 2026 18:20:39 +0000
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Try this. 
https://ask.libreoffice.org/t/how-do-i-repair-my-corrupted-file/45060
 
"[email protected]" [email protected] – June 6, 2026 at 10:44
AM 

> Good morning all!
>  
> I am looking for some guidance/advice/help.  My wife created a
> libreoffice document and when she went back to open it it opened but
> with a dialog box offering "force quit" or "wait".  Waiting just hung.
>  Force quit dropped back to the desktop.
>  
> In an effort to fix this problem, I did a quick internet search and
> tried the following:
>  
> killall soffice.bin
>  
> nothing happened... next
>  
> rm -rf~/.config/libreoffice
>  
> The second command I ran twice as I left a space in front of the .config
 
>  
> I next opened libreoffice which took its time.  It opened but showed no
> files available to open.
>  
> I restarted and it welcomed me to ubuntu like a new install. Now appears
> there are no files on the disk.
>  
> As you might imagine, this constitutes a catastrophic fail on my part.
>  Any thoughts, advice, or assistance would be much appreciated.
>  
> Thanks.  Mike

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<p style=3D"margin:0;">Try this.=C2=A0</p><p style=3D"margin:0;">https://as=
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/div><div>I am looking for some guidance/advice/help. =C2=A0My wife created=
 a libreoffice document and when she went back to open it it opened but wit=
h a dialog box offering "force quit" or "wait". =C2=A0Waiting just hung. =
=C2=A0Force quit dropped back to the desktop.</div><div>=C2=A0</div><div>In=
 an effort to fix this problem, I did a quick internet search and tried the=
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</div><div>nothing happened... next</div><div>=C2=A0</div><div>rm -rf~/.con=
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s I left a space in=C2=A0front of the .config =C2=A0</div><div>=C2=A0</div>=
<div>I next opened libreoffice which took its time. =C2=A0It opened but sho=
wed no files available to open.</div><div>=C2=A0</div><div>I restarted and =
it welcomed me to ubuntu like a new install. Now appears there are no files=
 on the disk.</div><div>=C2=A0</div><div>As you might imagine, this constit=
utes a catastrophic fail on my part. =C2=A0Any thoughts, advice, or assista=
nce would be much appreciated.</div><div>=C2=A0</div><div>Thanks.=C2=A0 Mik=
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