On 4/5/08, L. Rahyen <research@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Saturday April 5 2008 07:41:20 awdoyle wrote:
> > Using wine 0.9.58 on Ubuntu 8.04
> > Like an idiot, I tried to install IE7 before doing the research to find
> > that IE6 was more ideal with far fewer problems. So after attempting to
> > install IE7 and failing, I tried to install IE6, but in the terminal I get
> > this response after typing wine ie6setup.exe:
> >
> > Warning: the specified System directory L"C:\\windows\\system32" is not
> > accessible. wine: could not load L"C:\\windows\\system32\\ie6setup.exe":
> > Module not found andrew@andrew-desktop:~$ Warning: the specified System
> > directory L"C:\\windows\\system32" is not accessible.
> >
> > I often (but not always) get an additional pop up box telling me that the
> > install failed because IE7 is already installed. I've tried removing the
> > dir, uninstalling/re-installing wine, and googling the errors, but so far
> > it's a wash. Any suggestion you can offer is very much appreciated :?
> >
> > Andrew
>
>
> Run this:
>
> mv ~/.wine{,.backup}
> wineprefixcreate
>
> Then you will have clean WINE prefix.
>
> However, personally I do not recommend to install IE in default WINE prefix.
> To use another WINE prefix you need to run this:
>
> export WINEPREFIX=~/.wine.ie6
> wineprefixcreate
>
> Then you can run wine to install IE or anything you want in this WINE prefix.
> Just remember to set proper WINEPREFIX environment value to actually use it.
> Of course you can create launch icons on your desktop, aliases, etc. with
> this WINEPREFIX in order to run Windows programs (installed within it)
> quickly, without typing each time command in a terminal to export WINEPREFIX.
>
>
Why are you trying to install IE6? If for testing web pages/etc, try
using ies4linux. It is not supported by wine, so don't use it for
other apps, but when you have to have real IE, it takes a lot of the
work/trouble out.
