command line: cd to the path/location of the setup.exe file and then run: $ wine ./setup.exe alternate: some graphical filemanagers like konqueror allow you to launch files with a certain extensions with an assigned application. in this case you would associate all files with an exe extention to wine. --- Bob Gustafson <bobgus@mcs.com> wrote: > Hi List > > I am a newbie to Wine, but managed to download it > and have run 123free.exe > and dbridge.exe successfully over the last couple of > days. > > My OS is RedHat 7.2 and wine is the download rpm > file: > > codeweavers-wine-20011108-5.i386.rpm > > The program I am trying to run on wine came with my > Rex 6000 pda. It is an > interesting gadget (I have a couple of REX 5000 > units which can be loaded > from Linux), but comes with a Windows-only set of > programs. > > The program package is installed from a cdrom using > a Setup.exe program. > The instructions for installing say 'do not > double-click on the Setup.exe > icon' but go to the Start menu, go to Run and then > navigate to the cdrom > location of Setup.exe and proceed from there. > > When I double-click on the Setup.exe icon (in > Gnome/nautilus), I get a > blank window with the little word 'Default' in the > upper left corner. > Looking at 'ps ax' shows 3 processes running which > refer to the setup.exe - > probably one is the main (blank) window and the two > others are probably > wine message and debug windows. > > My question: With wine, how do I simulate the > Start->Run method of > launching a program? > > Thanks for your time (and the opportunity to be M$ > free). > > BobG > > _______________________________________________ > wine-users mailing list > wine-users@winehq.com > http://www.winehq.com/mailman/listinfo/wine-users ===== phrostie Oh I have slipped the surly bonds of DOS and danced the skies on Linux silvered wings. http://pfrostie.freeservers.com/cad-tastrafy/ http://www.freelists.org/webpage/cad-linux __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ wine-users mailing list wine-users@winehq.com http://www.winehq.com/mailman/listinfo/wine-users
