[cw-discuss] installation questions - desktop reconfiguration on local machine

[Jerry L Bash]

I have recently downloaded and installed the demo version of crossover 
office.  I have been able to configure it and install Lotus Notes and the 
MS Office 2003 Suite.  I am able to use Lotus Notes and MS office 
applications fine.  Very minimal configuration requilred - all went well, 
and I was pleased with the product.

I do have a couple of questions / issues, however, and if anyone is able 
to help me out with them, I'd greatly appreciate it.  The product is very 
promising in performing as avertised, and I'd like to be able to continue 
using it.

Some background:  I have installed crossover office onto a machine running 
fedora core 4.  This is a remote machine, located in a server room; that 
is, it is a server that I am accessing from another machine in my office. 
This machine (the local one, without the installation of crossover office) 
is running debian sid, using ssh for access, and using Window Maker as a 
window manager. 

This first question / issue surfaced when I opened a msword or powerpoint 
document by double clicking on the document using konqueror on the host 
machine.  Until that time, I'd been using the command line to start the 
applications, and nothing on my local machine was affected, which is what 
I expected (and wanted).   When I opened the msoffice file by double 
clicking on it in konqueror, I noticed that the Window Maker menus, 
background, icons, and desktop in general *on my local machine* had been 
altered.  This truly surprised me.  I was not looking for or desiring that 
behavior, and was even surprised that it was possible.  I would like to be 
able to keep my local machine unaffected by the crossover installation, 
and retain the desktop appearance and menus that I had setup previously 
for Window Maker.  If that means that I need to start the applications 
from a command line, that is not a problem. 

What is it about the integration with konqueror *on the remote machine* 
that caused the desktop *on my local machine* to be altered?  It may be 
that I need to restrict permissions on my local machine to not allow an 
application to alter the menus.  If that is the solution, it would allow 
me to run crossover office in the manner that I like, and not affect your 
product at all.  I do want to restore behavior, so I'll have a chance to 
learn a little about Window Maker in the process.  If you have any 
suggestions on restoring, I'd appreciate hearing them.

As I said,the produce looks very promising, and any help with these issues 
would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.
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