wine users - Feb 2011 - Set riched20.dll specifically for powerpoint 2007

Hi there,

I have installed MS Office 2007 in  wine 1.2.2 running in LinuxMint KDE 9,
together with other softwares (including GraphPad Prism 4).

After install, I set riched20.dll as native (windows), as stipulated here: 
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=4992

> Post Installation Instructions?
> 
> Once installed, one override is necessary. Without it, Powerpoint and
Infopath with not start, and some dialog boxes in other Office apps will not
display correctly. Follow the steps below:
> 
> Open winecfg by going to Applications > Wine > Configure Wine. Or
open a terminal and type:
> 
> winecfg 
> 
> In the Libraries tab in the area labeled "New override for
library" type in riched20.dll and click on Add.
> 
> You will see it appear in the list below. Now select the riched20 in the
list that we just added and click on the Edit button.
> 
> Set it to Native (Windows) and click OK.
> 
> This will allow Powerpoint and the other applications to run correctly.
> 
> Note :Do not install riched20 with winetricks. Office 2007 installs its own
version of riched20.

The obvious issue is that this method set riched20 globally, not specifically
for ppt... which impairs GraphPad...

Is there a way to set riched20.dll specifically as "native (windows)"
for powerpoint?
Or shall I reinstall everything and use different wine prefixes? and if so, what
is the procedure to follow?

Thanks for your help!!

On 2/21/11 1:44 AM, pouet2000 wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I have installed MS Office 2007 in  wine 1.2.2 running in LinuxMint KDE 9,
together with other softwares (including GraphPad Prism 4).
>
> After install, I set riched20.dll as native (windows), as stipulated here:
> http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=4992
>
>
>> Post Installation Instructions?
>>
>> Once installed, one override is necessary. Without it, Powerpoint and
Infopath with not start, and some dialog boxes in other Office apps will not
display correctly. Follow the steps below:
>>
>> Open winecfg by going to Applications>  Wine>  Configure Wine. Or
open a terminal and type:
>>
>> winecfg
>>
>> In the Libraries tab in the area labeled "New override for
library" type in riched20.dll and click on Add.
>>
>> You will see it appear in the list below. Now select the riched20 in
the list that we just added and click on the Edit button.
>>
>> Set it to Native (Windows) and click OK.
>>
>> This will allow Powerpoint and the other applications to run correctly.
>>
>> Note :Do not install riched20 with winetricks. Office 2007 installs its
own version of riched20.
>
> The obvious issue is that this method set riched20 globally, not
specifically for ppt... which impairs GraphPad...
>
> Is there a way to set riched20.dll specifically as "native
(windows)" for powerpoint?
Yes.  Use the Add Application button and then navigate to where you 
installed PowerPoint.  Click on the powerpoint executable and then go 
back and click on the application and then the Libraries tab.  Select 
riched20 and that should set it to "Native, builtin".  Click on the 
Apply button to save this change.  Do not click on the OK button as this 
will close winecfg.  Click to the Applications tab and click on the 
Default Settings item.  Then click on libraries and remove the riched20 
AND riched32 entries.
> Or shall I reinstall everything and use different wine prefixes? and if so,
what is the procedure to follow?\
It is BEST to use different wine prefixes for different programs, but 
not totally necessary.

James McKenzie

pouet2000 wrote:
> 
> The obvious issue is that this method set riched20 globally, not
specifically for ppt... which impairs GraphPad...
> 
> Is there a way to set riched20.dll specifically as "native
(windows)" for powerpoint?
> Or shall I reinstall everything and use different wine prefixes? and if so,
what is the procedure to follow?
> 
It's better to install Office to a separate wineprefix, not just because of
riched20, but because native dlls used for other apps can cause problems with
Office apps.

If you want to keep everything in the same wineprefix, overrides can be set
individually; just add the app to the Applications tab, select it, then add the
override on the Libraries tab. The problem with this is you have to do it for
each app separately, and Office installs a lot of apps. Not just the main
ones--things like the clip organizer are separate exes. It would probably be
easier to set riched20 to native globally for Office and set it back to builtin
individually for your other apps.

On 2/21/11 7:51 AM, dimesio wrote:
> James McKenzie wrote:
>> Select
>> riched20 and that should set it to "Native, builtin".
>>
> No. The override needs to be set to native for Office apps; native,builtin
will lead to occasional crashes.
>
Thanks for the correction, dimensio.  Since I own a Mac, this does not 
apply to me (Office 2011 for Mac is out now.)  No, Access and definitely 
NO Outlook.

James McKenzie