When transferring from CrossOver, can I keep my applications

[justinpease]

If I installed a windows program using CrossOver and then want to run it using Wine, is that possible?

[dimesio]

It should be. It may even work better in plain Wine (assuming you use the latest development release), because CrossOver is based on an older version. OTOH, CrossOver includes hacks for their supported apps, so some things that work well in CrossOver may not work as well in plain Wine. The only way to find out for your specific app is to test it.

[justinpease]

Okay, let me get this right:

So I installed "Enforcer - Police Crime Action" via CrossOver, and every time I start it, CrossOver starts and then Enforcer starts. If I want to uninstall CrossOver and install Wine, will it keep my save games? I don't want to reinstall Enforcer, I just want to use it through a different program. Will that work?

I just want to make sure, because I've progressed pretty far in the game, and I'd hate to lose all that.

[dimesio]

You should be able to run the installed program from the command line with Wine. You will have to specify the WINEPREFIX (Crossover calls them "bottles") in the command line. http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#wineprefix

As to whether you can uninstall Crossover and still keep your "bottles," I don't know. On Linux uninstalling a package does not uninstall configuration files, but I have no idea what happens on Macs. Hopefully one of our Mac users can answer that question.

[justinpease]

Thanks for your help!