Watchtower 2010has some code changes that weren't present in previous year's releases of WTL, and as a result it is tricky to install in Crossover. The following two options can be used to get a working copy of Watchtower 2010 on your Mac with Crossover. Option 1 is easier, especially if you don't consider yourself to be computer savvy.
Please note that Watchtower 2010 is unsupported in Crossover, and our staff does not have access to this program. The installation options, below, were submitted by users, and confirmed by other users. Because our staff does not have access to the program (and thus have never tested it, ourselves), we cannot provide much help with installing Watchtower 2010. Everything that we know about how to install Watchtower 2010 comes from user-submitted information, and is printed below:
Insert your WTL 2010 disc. Ignore the auto-install window Crossover might pop up.
Open a finder, and browse into the structure of your WTL 2010 disc.
Find the rs_data folder on the WTL 2010 disc. Copy that folder to your desktop.
Open a new Finder window
Go to (your home folder)/Library/Application Support/Crossover/Bottles/(WTL 2009 Bottle)/drive_c/Program Files/Watchtower/Watchtower Library 2009/E
Note that on OS X 10.7 (Lion), the "Library" folder is hidden. To find it, open up a finder, click on the "Go" menu and hold down the "option" key on your keyboard. "Library" will then appear in the "Go" menu.
In /E there should already be a rs_data folder.
Copy the rs_data folder on your desktop (from the WTL 2010 disc) into /E and overwrite the existing rs_data folder.
You can now launch Watchtower 2009 in Crossover and it will contain the 2010 information.
(Thanks to Jeff for this tip!)
Option 2: This tip requires you to copy a library file from a Windows XP machine
Thanks to Ismael Lezcano for these instructions
Install WTL 2010 into a Windows XP bottle as a standard Unsupported Program
Obtain a copy of iphlpapi.dll from a legitimate installation of Windows XP. The file resides in C:\windows\system32
Copy this file into the same location in your Watchtower 2010 bottle (your home folder)/Library/Application Support/Crossover/Bottles/(WTL 2010 Bottle)/drive_c/windows/system32
Note that on OS X 10.7 (Lion), the "Library" folder is hidden. To find it, open up a finder, click on the "Go" menu and hold down the "option" key on your keyboard. "Library" will then appear in the "Go" menu.
Launch Crossover, and head to Configure>Manage Bottles
Select your Watchtower 2010 bottle, and click on Control Panel
Launch Wine Configuration
Click on the Libraries tab
Type in iphlpapi.dll in the New Override for library field and click Add.
Click Ok to exit out of Wine Config.
That's it! You should now have a working copy of Watchtower 2010.
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Andrew Balfour on 2011-08-22 10:08:45
