libreoffice not working properly

[framtk]

Hi,

I installed Alfresco on windows with the installer and disabled libreoffice. I tried to install it later as described in the documentation here Installing LibreOffice | Alfresco Documentation and there are some problems.

I can see the preview of txt files just fine but when i try to see the preview of docx files a windows pops up that says "unable to open the PDF document" (or something along those lines).

What i don't understand is why it works for txt files but not for docx files.

[framtk]

I think i found the problem, i tried to rename one of the files that didn't open to "test" and now the preview shows. I guess it was the name of the file/path that was too long, do you know if there is a way to avoid this problem without having to rename the files?

[afaust · Accepted solution]

If you are running Alfresco on Windows then there is a path length limit that may prevent previews from being generated. This is a known issue.

[framtk]

I guess that was the problem, thanks

[douglascrp]

Adding to your answer, there is a public fix for this at GitHub - keensoft/oo-temp-filename-shortener: Alfresco Open Office temp filename shortener