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Latest Windows 11 update is broken, refuses to install — Microsoft pulls latest update over missing files error (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/technology@piefed.social
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The update came with missing or corrupted files.

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[–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

To add to what the other comment said, I used to use WinApps to run certain Windows programs from within* Linux, and Office worked pretty well. The caveat is that it’s essentially running a tiny virtual machine with Windows 11 on it, but with some niceties to make it feel like it’s somewhat integrated with the Linux desktop. (It’s not a good solution for something that needs live notifications, like email)

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child)

    I was looking at something similar (CodeWeavers?) and it seems the latest version of Office that runs well was Office 2016.

    I will have to take a look at WinApps.

    Communication stuff (email, calendar, teams) is actually one area where I do use MS web apps and they work fine for those use cases.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Ah yes, CodeWeavers CrossOver, yeah it’s essentially a customized and paid version of Wine, though I haven’t seen people have much more luck with it than just using latest standard Wine, but I’ve never tried it. When I tried various versions of Office directly in Wine, I ran across all kinds of installer and DLL issues, sadly.

    I’m far from an expert, but here are links to WinApps and WinBoat (very similar solution):

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