[/quote]Method '~' of object '~' failed [quote] I've seen that error before. Somehow the install of ADO seems to be a bit tricky. For another ap the following worked: rm -rf ~/garbage wget http://kegel.com/wine/winetricks WINEPREFIX=~/garbage sh winetricks vb6run art2kmin mdac27 wsh56 WINEPREFIX=~/garbage wine setup.exe ( run the installer of the application) cd ~/garbage/drive_c/Program\ Files/Path to the application and run it WINEPREFIX=~/garbage wine app_name.exe