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Hello,

I am wondering whether it is possible to run terminal (console) applications (for example batch files) without using
any GUI-elements of Crossover.

Thanks in advance, ashiaka

In the case of an .exe file, you'd start by creating a bottle in Crossover's Manage Bottles menu and set it as default in the "advanced" tab.

To create a default bottle without the gui, you'd use

$ ~/cxoffice/bin/cxbottle --create --bottle "mybottle" --template winxp --default

(whereas "mybottle" is the name of your new bottle)

With your default bottle in place, the command in terminal to run an .exe would be

$ ~/cxoffice/bin/wine --cx-app Y:/Downloads/launcher.exe

Y:/ corresponds to your $HOME directory. If your application is actually installed in the bottle (and thus it's launcher.exe file is within the bottle), you just need

$ ~/cxoffice/bin/wine --cx-app launcher.exe

I'm not entirely sure about batch files, though. Perhaps you need to run those with wine's command prompt, i.e.

$ ~/cxoffice/bin/wine cmb batchfile.bat

...bit of a typo there at the bottom of Jack's post -- should be ;

$ ~/cxoffice/bin/wine cmd batchfile.bat

Cheers!

/tips hat