MSWord97 installs properly but still won't launch (or save?)

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Dear friends:

I've been trying for some time to install my copy of Word97 (which I own, having purchased it directly from Microsoft with my own license number). I have tried the latest Wine 0.9.14. To do this, I first UNinstalled version 0. 9.1-4 (PCLINUXOS), then installed the new wine from source. The source install asked me to install a number of font files, which I did (bison, fontforger, etc., every one of them). The installation from source was a success. I then typed wincfg and selected Win98, clicked on OK and exited. I then typed on the command line in the console:

wine /mnt/cdrom/setup.exe

This brought up the Word97 Setup routine but WITHOUT ANY FONTS, even after I installed all the font files they asked for. At any rate, at the end of install, I noticed in the console that the installation was not a success. So, I decided to give up on this latest Wine, went back to the wine install directory, typed:

make uninstall

This uninstalled Wine. I then used Konqueror to delete the entire .wine directory. I then went back to Synaptic and reinstalled my earlier 0.9.1-4 wine version, which, by the way, beautifully supports my installation of Internet 6. It's also the same Wine that launches Notepad, which is apparently included with Wine. Please see screenshot:

http://www.websher.net/tmp/sonnet29.txt


So, the bottom line right now is: MSWord97 (Custom Install, All) installed successfully into my current 0.9.1-4 Wine. Please see screenshot of my winecfg:

http://www.websher.net/tmp/winecfg.png

But right now I cannot even launch the new successfull install of MSWord97. There are only two ways: by going through the GUI Konqueror. When I do that and click on /.wine/...Winword.exe I get nothing. "Winword.exe" will not launch. And when I try to do this in the console I face the insurmountable problem of how to get past the directory "Program Files" (i.e. the empty space between "program" and "files"). The question remains after I successfully launch MSWord whether I will be able to save or open any files in MSWord97. How do I configure the .wine user files and/or the File Location section in MSWord to make it save and load my documents in Linux. But first I have to launch MSWord. Any suggestions on what I may be doing wrong?

For permissions, please see another screenshot:

http://www.websher.net/tmp/word1.png

I'd really appreciate your help. This has been very frustrating for me. Would like to resolve this issue on a happy note.

Thank you so much.

Benjamin

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