Hi All; Ok, updated to: jserink@jserinki7 ~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Microsoft Games/Age of Empires III $ wine --version wine-1.4-rc1 Now, this worked, but: http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#head-dba86ae589dca54a116a3fc21f6237af45e8119c I first tried this: wincfg and turn off virtual desktop, wine explorer /desktop="Age of Empires III",1280x1024 age3.exe This ran a virtual desktop at 800x600 that was blue inside, no app running and the name in the boarder was "Age". Changed the command line to: wine explorer /desktop=Age_of_Empires_III,1280x1024 age3.exe And it all works perfect. Here is my startup batch file for AoE III: #!/bin/bash cd "/home/jserink/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Microsoft Games/Age of Empires III/" #wine age3.exe wine explorer /desktop=Age_of_Empires_III,1280x1024 age3.exe Here is my startup batch file for AoE II: #!/bin/bash cd "/home/jserink/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Microsoft Games/Age of Empires II/" #wine empires2.exe wine explorer /desktop=Age_of_Empires_II,1280x1024 empires2.exe Here is my startup batch file for AoE II Conquerers: #!/bin/bash cd "/home/jserink/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Microsoft Games/Age of Empires II/" #wine age2_x1/age2_x1.exe wine explorer /desktop=Age_of_Empires_II_Conquerers,1280x1024 age2_x1/age2_x1.exe Thanx for pointing me to the FAQ. Cheers, John