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I just installed Crossover for Linux, and downloaded the Microsoft Word 2010.tie file.
But when I open the downloaded file (by clicking on the icon it created at the bottom of the Chrome screen)
it runs the Crossover installer as if I was trying to install from a .exe file. It keeps opening the "Select
an Installer" option where it wants me to select a .exe to install or a folder to look in. The file dialog
only allows it to see Windows Installer Packages, Programs, Font, or Archives, not .tie files.

In the directory browser (Thunar) the file is correctly identified as "CrossOver CrossTie file", but the right-click
options only provide "Open with CrossOver (Install)", which [as above] doesn't know about .tie files.

How do I make it recognise the .tie file and act on it?

[BTW Crossover folks, not everyone has their browser set to "open" downloaded files: mine just get saved to ~/Downloads]

///Peter

The .tie file is best thought of as an "installer recipe". It tells Crossover how to install a given windows application, what additional settings and dependencies are needed, etc.

In cases where the software is freely available, the .tie can be programmed to automatically download and install it, but in cases where the software is not free (i.e. MS Office apps), you must already possess the installer media. When you run the .tie (which you're doing), you'll need to select the installer .exe file, CD, or disc image in that "select an installer" phase, and then proceed.