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The update came with missing or corrupted files.

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[–] SomGye@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day 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!