All "Create New" open office files are .desktop - strange

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A very strange thing started a month or so ago. Any time I try to a “Create New” openoffice file (any type) using right-mouseclick on the desktop or a file manager window, (open office of any type) they are all .desktop files. A setting seems to have gotten skewed. Does anyone know where that setting is and what it should show to not create these desktop files?

When I right mouseclick Create New/Blank File it does create a new text file. That is working well. It is the Open Office files, illustration, presentation, spreadsheet, and text that are all being set up as .desktop files.

thank you.

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You may need to say which desktop you are using. In LXQT, it clearly says that you are creating a desktop entry.

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Sorry, and yes, I am using LXQT

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I am not familiar with LXQT, but most desktop environments have a templates folder ~/Templates. In there you can save files and then they show up in the “Create New” context menu. So you would have to launch OpenOffice and then save a blank file for each application inside the templates folder. Hope that helps.