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Latest Windows 11 update is broken, refuses to install — Microsoft pulls latest update over missing files error (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 2 days ago by Rekall_Incorporated@piefed.social to c/technology@piefed.social

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The update came with missing or corrupted files.

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[–] SomGye@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

To add to what the other comment said, I used to use WinApps to run certain Windows programs from within* Linux, and Office worked pretty well. The caveat is that it’s essentially running a tiny virtual machine with Windows 11 on it, but with some niceties to make it feel like it’s somewhat integrated with the Linux desktop. (It’s not a good solution for something that needs live notifications, like email)

[–] Rekall_Incorporated@piefed.social 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I was looking at something similar (CodeWeavers?) and it seems the latest version of Office that runs well was Office 2016.

I will have to take a look at WinApps.

Communication stuff (email, calendar, teams) is actually one area where I do use MS web apps and they work fine for those use cases.

[–] SomGye@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ah yes, CodeWeavers CrossOver, yeah it’s essentially a customized and paid version of Wine, though I haven’t seen people have much more luck with it than just using latest standard Wine, but I’ve never tried it. When I tried various versions of Office directly in Wine, I ran across all kinds of installer and DLL issues, sadly.

I’m far from an expert, but here are links to WinApps and WinBoat (very similar solution):

[–] Rekall_Incorporated@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Cheers, I will test them out when I get my new laptop with dual SSDs!

[–] SomGye@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

Nice, sounds good, good luck with it!