Tips on running unsupported applications

CrossOver is carefully designed to support a small set of widely used programs. These 'supported applications' should work on CrossOver without a second thought. CrossOver contains internal knowledge about many of these apps which improve their performance: ideal bottle types, necessary subcomponents, and subtle registry changes.

In addition to this small set of supported applications, CrossOver can run a host of other applications which do not appear in the supported list. Most of these apps will also install and run just fine without any special adjustments. Some, however, require the application of specific techniques in order to install and run. This guide will list several of these steps so that users may experiment with them when trying to install troublesome programs.

Before we begin, however, we have to warn you that some of the tips below may destabilize supported applications or even, if things go badly, cause CrossOver to stop working. Just trying to install an unsupported application can actually have this effect too. It is strongly recommended that you

• Do not make changes to the default bottle created by Crossover.
  
• Do not make changes to bottles containing supported applications.
  
• Back up your bottle before applying any of these techniques. It's easy -- just open up the bottle manager and copy your functioning bottle, and then apply the experimental changes to the copy. You can always just throw away the copy if something goes awry.
  

 
Possible techniques are divided into these categories, ordered from least-complicated to most-intimidating. Click on the links to read about each approach.

• Experimenting with bottle types
  
• Leveraging Supported Software
  
• Tweaking your configuration
  
• Miscellaneous suggestions
  

We wish to thank Tom Wickline who put together this original document that this guide is base on. With his permission we have decided to make it available on our site to help our users who just need to get this one unsupported application working in CrossOver.

If you have questions, comments or suggestions about this document you can contact support@codeweavers.com. We also ask that if your application is listed in our database you add your tips to c4.codeweavers.com.