On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 9:21 AM, winepunk <wineforum-user@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have an uninstalled portable Windows .exe. > > When I type the absolute path, it doesn't work: > > >> wine /home/ubuntu/appDir/myApp.exe > > > but, if I cd to the application directory and execute it locally, it works: > > > Code: > cd /home/ubuntu/appDir/ > > wine myApp.exe This is how Windows does it and this is how Wine does it. This is not going to change. > I'm trying to include it in my Docky dock via a .desktop shortcut I've made in /usr/share/applications/. I don't mind > the command line for under the hood stuff, but not for launching typical user apps. You need to ask on the Ubuntu forums how to do this. James