Leo,
I have OpenOffice in Warpin lines that show 3.2, 1.02, & 1.03. They do not appear different other than the version number. The 1.03 is obvious enough. But what about 1.02. Was that installed as part of 1.03 or would you suspect that we had a mysterious version of OOoWPS102.wpi that I installed first, then installed OOoWPS103.wpi later leaving the first one installed?
In essence, I have a 1.02 version line for OpenOffice in Warpin that is a mystery to me. Anyone who has a clue about this and could shed some light would make me feed more comfortable about it.
Unless I hear otherwise, I'm inclined to think that there was a OOoWPS102.wpi that I installed, and I can safely remove it along with OOoWPS103.wpi.
I don't remember using those old versions, but from what you say, I am inclined to think that they were not packaged properly for WarpIn (using different package names), so they did not update the WarpIn database properly, when you installed them. In fact, that is the only reason why you can install AOO4.1 along side of OO3.2, so it is not necessarily a packaging error, but the user needs to realize that they are managed by WarpIn as two, completely unrelated, packages. That also requires that the program is installed in a different place, and not over the other package. (GENMAC 2.0 and 2.1 also have the package name mismatch).
The other possibility is that you were told to uninstall the older version, and did not use WarpIn to do that. Sometimes, that is necessary to remove older directory structures, and WarpIn database entries.
The easy fix is to open WarpIn, find the package that you know is not installed, RMB on it, and delete the database entry. If you do have a package installed, that you no longer want, uninstall it, but you probably don't need to do that, since version 4.1 can exist along side of the old one (as long as you don't try to install over it).
Associations work in an odd way. The LAST association that you create goes to the end of the list. RMB on the object icon (a data file), then click the arrow beside the Open As line. It will show you the default, with an asterisk (*) beside it (sometimes, there is no default). If that is not the program that you want, you need to remove that association, and the next one will move up. If you still want to have that association available, but not default, put it back, and it will go to the end of the list. You can use the Assoedit program, or you can use Properties-> Association in the program icons. It seems that there are a few inconsistencies in that part of the WPS, so some experimenting may be required to get it right.