Crossover Office Pro 4.1.0
Installing to C:\Program Files --
"You cannot install Quickbooks to a network drive or to a removable drive.
Please click OK; then choose a local hard drive."

changing:
[Software\\Wine\\Drives]
"y:"="%CXOFFICE_DRIVE_TYPE_HACK%"
"z:"="%CXOFFICE_DRIVE_TYPE_HACK%"

to:
[Software\\Wine\\Drives]
"c:"="hd"
"y:"="%CXOFFICE_DRIVE_TYPE_HACK%"
"z:"="%CXOFFICE_DRIVE_TYPE_HACK%"

seems to have fixed this problem and allowed the install to complete.

Those registry entries are in ~/.cxoffice/dotwine/system.reg by the way.

Are you able to download updates when using QB 2001 Pro under Crossover Office?

Couple Tips:

1. Install IE6 first (use dialog in 4.2).
2. Put Installation Disk in cdrom, and select "Install QB Pro 2000" from list.
3. Open sample company to apply updates/experiment.

-step 3 is good to do in normal windows install as well, program updates can (in MS Windows) be applied using dummy files).

that gets you up and running...

Now for updates i have been unsuccessful. I have tried:

1. IE for interface (initial options)
2. Netscape for interface (reinstalled initial options)
3. Updated on Windows install and pushed(copied) to local ~/QBPro/download directory.

Attempt 3 is most successful. Program identifies that new downloads need to be installed, and upon exit prompts whether to install updates. Unfortunately program closes immediately after clicking "yes" apparently preventing update from actually being applied.

Perhaps another program should be called at this point?

Updates work now, but must be downloaded to a windows install first:

1. Install QB2001 as outlined above.
2. Save updates from windows install (CD rom works good to save for future use).
   -Should be C:/Program Files/Intuit/Quickbooks Pro/download directory (in share updates mode).
3. Copy to same location in new install.
4. Run qbpatch.exe program from proper subdirectory, for me it was (all one command...don't hit enter in middle...):

/opt/cxoffice/bin/wine /home/share/.cxoffice/dotwine/fake_windows/"Program Files"/Intuit/"QuickBooks Pro"/download/Patch/.update/.target/qbpatch.exe

space after "/opt.../wine" part of command above (helpful note to new users).

Works like a charm. Some menu's are a bit funny, but seems to work fine.

Good Luck

Sweet! Thanks for the tips.

Jer

If you get an Update Utility window that says it is trying to close QB and any of it's components, but you do not have QB open, do this:

1. as root use (type "su" and password) list active processes ("ps -A")
2. type "kill ####" where "####" represents any process id with the word "wine" in the description. for example:

ps -A

PID TTY TIME CMD
21871 ? 00:00:00 wineserver
21936 pts/3 00:00:00 bash
(your list will be longer)

kill 21871

3. repeat this process till there are no processes with "wine" in the title.
4. reissue the 'long' command from the last post for qbpatch.exe

should work fine after that...