Opening .exe files using Wine

MilkyJoe

How?

This thread may explain my problem:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1691917&highlight=

I've burned Wine and the application I want to open to a cd.

bat999

It's not as simple as that.
You need to have a Linux operating system installed, such as Ubuntu.
Then you install Wine using a program such as Synaptic Package Manager.
Then you use Wine to try and run the exe. program by right-clicking on it and choosing the option 'Open with Wine Windows Emulator'.

... unless someone else has a better suggestion :cool:

LeeSouthEast

You can also do it from a terminal within X. Just run 'wine some_app.exe' and it'll open up in your desktop session.

MilkyJoe

bat999 wrote: »

It's not as simple as that.
You need to have a Linux operating system installed, such as Ubuntu.
Then you install Wine using a program such as Synaptic Package Manager.
Then you use Wine to try and run the exe. program by right-clicking on it and choosing the option 'Open with Wine Windows Emulator'.

... unless someone else has a better suggestion :cool:

I use Ubuntu but I can't install it because I electrocuted my computer. That also means I can't save anything to the computer; anything I download and want to keep I have to burn to a cd.
Is Synaptic Package Manager something I'd have to download?

timbim_2

If you've electrocuted the computer but it still boots and runs off a live CD, then it would seem that the only thing that's gone is the HDD. Just replace that.

MilkyJoe

timbim wrote: »

If you've electrocuted the computer but it still boots and runs off a live CD, then it would seem that the only thing that's gone is the HDD. Just replace that.

Which bit is the HDD?

timbim_2

The Hard Disk. If the system works off the ubuntu liveCD, then the rest of the system's fine. Do yourself a favour and buy an external hard disk, install ubuntu to it to free up the CD drive, and then download and burn the CD isofa reccomended in the other thread, to get the HDD working again. Then use the new, external HDD for backups. Sounds like you've had a very lucky escape indeed, if the MBR's the only thing that's gone, odds on that's not going to be then worst of it, though.

MilkyJoe

I can burn cds and use Ubuntu now, just needed to connect my cd drive. What's this isofa? All I'm getting from Google is some iphone app.

timbim_2

Oops. I meant fwor, who was advising you in the other thread. Link again here. Apologies.

gaming_guy

MilkyJoe wrote: »

I can burn cds and use Ubuntu now, just needed to connect my cd drive. What's this isofa? All I'm getting from Google is some iphone app.

isofa is a member of these forums

I think timbim got usernames confused as isofa didnt post in that thread (unless i'm blind) but fwor did reply with a link

MilkyJoe

The Grub thing was unable to fix it.