diff -ru embeddedobj.orig/source/inc/oleembobj.hxx embeddedobj/source/inc/oleembobj.hxx
--- embeddedobj.orig/source/inc/oleembobj.hxx	2008-07-22 15:38:57.000000000 +0100
+++ embeddedobj/source/inc/oleembobj.hxx	2010-01-14 15:21:16.000000000 +0000
@@ -189,6 +189,8 @@
 
 	::rtl::OUString m_aTempURL;
 
+	::rtl::OUString m_aTempDumpURL;
+
 	// STAMPIT solution
 	// the following member is used during verb execution to detect whether the verb execution modifies the object
 	VerbExecutionController m_aVerbExecutionController;
diff -ru embeddedobj.orig/source/msole/oleembed.cxx embeddedobj/source/msole/oleembed.cxx
--- embeddedobj.orig/source/msole/oleembed.cxx	2008-07-22 15:39:09.000000000 +0100
+++ embeddedobj/source/msole/oleembed.cxx	2010-01-14 15:48:28.000000000 +0000
@@ -49,10 +49,16 @@
 #include <com/sun/star/beans/XPropertySet.hpp>
 #include <com/sun/star/frame/XLoadable.hpp>
 #include <com/sun/star/document/XStorageBasedDocument.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/ucb/XSimpleFileAccess.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/container/XNameAccess.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/container/XNameContainer.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/system/XSystemShellExecute.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/system/SystemShellExecuteFlags.hpp>
 
 #include <rtl/logfile.hxx>
 #include <cppuhelper/interfacecontainer.h>
 #include <comphelper/mimeconfighelper.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/storagehelper.hxx>
 
 
 #include <targetstatecontrol.hxx>
@@ -677,6 +683,84 @@
 	return m_nObjectState;
 }
 
+namespace
+{
+    bool lcl_CopyStream(uno::Reference<io::XInputStream> xIn, uno::Reference<io::XOutputStream> xOut)
+    {
+        const sal_Int32 nChunkSize = 4096;
+        uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > aData(nChunkSize);
+        sal_Int32 nTotalRead = 0;
+        sal_Int32 nRead;
+        do
+        {
+            nRead = xIn->readBytes(aData, nChunkSize);
+            nTotalRead += nRead;
+            xOut->writeBytes(aData);
+        } while (nRead == nChunkSize);
+        return nTotalRead != 0;
+    }
+
+    //Dump the objects content to a tempfile, just the "CONTENTS" stream if
+    //there is one for non-compound documents, otherwise the whole content.
+    //
+    //On success a file is returned which must be removed by the caller
+    rtl::OUString lcl_ExtractObject(::com::sun::star::uno::Reference< ::com::sun::star::lang::XMultiServiceFactory > xFactory,
+        ::com::sun::star::uno::Reference< ::com::sun::star::io::XStream > xObjectStream)
+    {
+        uno::Reference <beans::XPropertySet> xNativeTempFile(
+            xFactory->createInstance(
+                ::rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("com.sun.star.io.TempFile"))), uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW);
+        uno::Reference < io::XStream > xStream(xNativeTempFile, uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW);
+
+        uno::Sequence< uno::Any > aArgs( 2 );
+        aArgs[0] <<= xObjectStream;
+        aArgs[1] <<= (sal_Bool)sal_True; // do not create copy
+        uno::Reference< container::XNameContainer > xNameContainer(
+            xFactory->createInstanceWithArguments(
+                ::rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("com.sun.star.embed.OLESimpleStorage")),
+                aArgs ), uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+        
+        uno::Reference< io::XStream > xCONTENTS;
+        xNameContainer->getByName(::rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("CONTENTS"))) >>= xCONTENTS;
+
+        sal_Bool bCopied = xCONTENTS.is() && lcl_CopyStream(xCONTENTS->getInputStream(), xStream->getOutputStream());
+
+        uno::Reference< io::XSeekable > xSeekableStor(xObjectStream, uno::UNO_QUERY);
+        if (xSeekableStor.is())
+            xSeekableStor->seek(0);
+
+        if (!bCopied)
+            bCopied = lcl_CopyStream(xObjectStream->getInputStream(), xStream->getOutputStream());
+
+        rtl::OUString sUrl;
+
+        if (bCopied)
+        {
+            xNativeTempFile->setPropertyValue(::rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("RemoveFile")),
+                uno::makeAny(sal_False));
+            uno::Any aUrl = xNativeTempFile->getPropertyValue(::rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("Uri")));
+            aUrl >>= sUrl;
+
+            xNativeTempFile = uno::Reference<beans::XPropertySet>();
+
+            uno::Reference<ucb::XSimpleFileAccess> xSimpleFileAccess(
+                xFactory->createInstance(
+                    ::rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("com.sun.star.ucb.SimpleFileAccess"))),
+                    uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW);
+
+            xSimpleFileAccess->setReadOnly(sUrl, sal_True);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            xNativeTempFile->setPropertyValue(::rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("RemoveFile")),
+                uno::makeAny(sal_True));
+        }
+
+        return sUrl;
+
+    }
+}
+
 //----------------------------------------------
 void SAL_CALL OleEmbeddedObject::doVerb( sal_Int32 nVerbID )
 		throw ( lang::IllegalArgumentException,
@@ -792,10 +876,27 @@
 			}
 
 			if ( !m_pOwnView || !m_pOwnView->Open() )
-				throw embed::UnreachableStateException();
+            {
+                //Make a RO copy and see if the OS can find something to at
+                //least display the content for us
+                if (!m_aTempDumpURL.getLength())
+                    m_aTempDumpURL = lcl_ExtractObject(m_xFactory, m_xObjectStream);
+                if (m_aTempDumpURL.getLength())
+                {
+                    uno::Reference< system::XSystemShellExecute > xSystemShellExecute( m_xFactory->createInstance(
+                        ::rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("com.sun.star.system.SystemShellExecute"))),
+                        uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW);
+                    xSystemShellExecute->execute(m_aTempDumpURL, ::rtl::OUString(), system::SystemShellExecuteFlags::DEFAULTS);
+                }
+			    else
+				    throw embed::UnreachableStateException();
+            }
 		}
 		else
+		{
+
 			throw embed::UnreachableStateException();
+		}
 	}
 }
 
diff -ru embeddedobj.orig/source/msole/olemisc.cxx embeddedobj/source/msole/olemisc.cxx
--- embeddedobj.orig/source/msole/olemisc.cxx	2008-07-22 15:39:22.000000000 +0100
+++ embeddedobj/source/msole/olemisc.cxx	2010-01-14 15:21:16.000000000 +0000
@@ -161,6 +161,9 @@
 
 	if ( m_aTempURL.getLength() )
        	KillFile_Impl( m_aTempURL, m_xFactory );
+
+	if ( m_aTempDumpURL.getLength() )
+       	KillFile_Impl( m_aTempDumpURL, m_xFactory );
 }
 
 //------------------------------------------------------