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Trying to use the Remove Properties and Personal Information feature in Windows 7.

To use this feature, you right-click the file in question and select Properties. On the Details tab, there is a link at the bottom that reads Remove Properties and Personal Information. Using the default option Create a copy with all possible properties removed.

Immediately, I get this error:

ODT error

Logged in user is already the owner of the file, and the folder.
Logged in user is already part of the Administrators group on the computer.

A few things to note:

  • same error on NTFS and FAT32 volumes
  • same error regardless of file/folder permissions on the Windows "Security" tab
  • everything works perfectly for Microsoft Office DOCX files, PNG files, TXT files, and all other file types that I have tried

What is up with trying to remove personal information from ODT files?

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Reset to default
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ODT is an OpenOffice/LibreOffice format, so Microsoft does not know how to handle it.

You will need to do that by using OpenOffice or LibreOffice. The usual procedure (which may vary with the software) is to go to the menu File > Properties, and on the General tab to uncheck Apply user data and click the Reset button.

For OpenOffice, more info may be found in this link.

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