Document Preview not working... Please Help!

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shillqm

I have been trying to figure out why document preview for everything but PDFs is not working…

I found this in the error log:

15:21:45,754  WARN  [alfresco.util.OpenOfficeConnectionTester] An initial OpenOffice connection could not be established.‍

Where do I start to resolve this? I have been trying for HOURS!

shillqm

Seeing as help around here is extremely limited.

I had to search for hours longer and what I found was that the installation script didn't work properly and the service "alfrescoOpenOffice" wasn't installed. Windows 2008 btw.

Here is how I fixed it:
1. Run command prompt as administrator
2. type:

cd C:\Alfresco\openoffice\scripts‍

3. type:

winserv install alfrescoOpenOffice -displayname "alfrescoOpenOffice" -start auto "C:\Alfresco\openoffice\App\openoffice\program\soffice.exe" -nofirststartwizard -nologo -headless -accept=socket,host=127.0.0.1,port=8100;urp;‍

4. Start the service alfrescoOpenOffice from control panel/administrator tools/services
5. type in the command prompt:

netstat -anp tcp‍

6. You should see port 8100 being listened on.
7. Test alfresco previews and if they work you're finally done! 

Alfresco team needs to fix this bad! This is the most current windows 64-bit installer 3.4c…..