-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I'm new to Linux (Mandrake 9.2, running KDE desktop), and new to Wine. I have two hard drives in this computer, with WinXP installed in one, and Mandrake 9.2 installed in the other. Though I've managed to successfully get one Windows program running under Wine (MessageCleaner), I'm still a little confused...especially in trying my hand at getting one more Windows program installed and working under Wine. The way I dealt with "MessageCleaner" is as follows: 1) While booted into WindowsXP, I sent myself the installation file for MessageCleaner. Then, when I booted into Mandrake, I saved the file to a directory. I then did the following in a console (as "user", not as SU): $ wine [path to directory...]/MessageCleanerInstall.exe 2) All went well, and it looked like a regular installation of the program was taking place, and the new program ran just fine. Not yet familiar with just where the program was "installed", I went to "Home" (Konqueror), and performed a file search for "MessageCleaner". Two results came up. The first result pointed to the directory where I had saved the MessageCleaner installation file (as seen in the above mentioned command), and the other result, interestingly to this newbie, was to: /mnt/windows/Program Files/MessageCleaner This last bit got me thinking, because I was a little confused as to why, when I ran my "new" MessageCleaner, it showed that it was already "registered", and showed the serial number used in my WinXP installation of MessageCleaner. So... 3) In trying to figure out how I was to run MessageCleaner, I decided upon a bit of trial and error, and I did the following: In Konqueror, I navigated to: /mnt/windows/Program Files/MessageCleaner/MessageCleaner.exe I right-clicked on "MessageCleaner.exe", and chose to put the location in my "Bookmarks". I then went to my Bookmarks, and clicked on it, telling it to open with /usr/bin/wine (and I checked the option to have it always open with wine). This works! :-) So then... 4) I got bold, and wanted to see if I could repeat all the above mentioned steps for one more Windows program, so I went to the web and downloaded the installation file for another program that I'm already running in WinXP, and tried to run the same type of command that I describe in step number 1 above. This time, however, after hitting <enter>, nothing happened. The cursor in the console just remained where it was (the line below my command), and did nothing. So...I continued the experiment, and did the following: 5) Pondering the fact that my MessageCleaner seems to be running *from* the /mnt/windows/... directory, I tried to do the same thing with this other program, which I also already have installed on my Windows drive. Wine "thinks" for a bit, then disappears, and no program runs. I've decided to postpone any more trial and error for the moment, and ask you good people what I might try to see if this other program can be "installed" via Wine, and run here. The program in question is a Windows email client (The Bat!), and I've been told by other's that they have run The Bat! successfully under Wine. Can anyone give me some ideas as to how I might get TB! working under Wine? Thanks! - -- Melissa -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/2CmpjVbXUvsE8ukRAus/AJwM8lMsyRdAXprY+7etLUs1Rtyi9ACfTVeE 1aA/sGSmiLaDuX7xByHj3RE= =F4kB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ wine-users mailing list wine-users@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.winehq.com/mailman/listinfo/wine-users
