![]() ![]() It offers a word processor, a spreadsheet solution, and a presentation program, all free-of-charge, while keeping many of the good things of the vaunted MS Office Suite. If you're looking for such a solution, SoftMaker FreeOffice might just be for you. No doubt, Microsoft does offer an industry-leading experience through its Office Suite, but users who seek some of that functionality will have to look elsewhere if they're after a free-to-use product. It's as if a type of watchdog behind the scenes was auditing the portable version and when it doesn't find a carry-over license on the portable version, then locks the 'save/save as' options for good.When you think of office suites, you usually think of Microsoft's offering, as it is nigh synonymous with the term. ![]() My FreeOffice 2021 was downloaded directly from the official website while the FreeOffice 2021 Portable version was mounted with the corresponding tool 'Install SoftMaker FreeOffice 2021 on a USB stick' located at "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\SoftMaker FreeOffice 2021\Utilities\Install SoftMaker FreeOffice 2021 on a USB stick.lnk". This occurs more commonly with Presentations compared to TestMaker or PlanMaker. You can press the 'Cancel' button and go back to whatever you left but you never have the possibility of saving anything so whatever you advances will be condemned to be lost. Basically, you are doomed from that point on. However, the moment I intend to save - anytime, just save - the common dialog (see picture) pops up again and no longer lets me save my progress in any way, shape, or form. If I don't ask for the 'Save' or 'Save As.' options, the error doesn't pop up and the software appears to work normally. It only happens when I try to save the file. The error appears a minute or two after starting a new session. I made sure all my Windows services were up and running. Rather, if FreeOffice 2021 is previously installed and at the same time - on the same computer - I run FreeOffice 2021 Portable, the error never appears. In other words, only if the FreeOffice 2021 Portable version is hovering alone in the system. Again, this only happens if the FreeOffice 2021 Portable version is running on a computer that does not have any FreeOffice 2021 pre-installed on it. Please, see attached screenshot of what I'm describing in my previous post. ![]() I tried both scenarios: (a) through my computer c:/ disk drive, (b) through a memory flashdrive. ![]() It seems that there's some kind of license files that don't come along inside the FreeOffice 2021 Portable folder when created with the tool on the USB flash drive. If I install FreeOffice 2021 in my computer along with the portable version, then the error disappears immediately while running FreeOffice 2021 Portable version. From there, I have not choice but aborting the session and restart. Please make sure you use a genuine version. When I try to save a document for the third or fourth time, either with PlanMaker, Presentations or TextMaker, I got the following error: "Something went wrong. In other words, exclusively the FreeOffice 2021 Portable version hovering the RAM at a single time. I have Windows 10 in my computer and use FreeOffice 2021 Portable version on it with no previous FreeOffice 2021 formal installation. ![]()
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