kbaxter <wineforum-user@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >Sent: Jan 24, 2009 11:53 PM >To: wine-users@xxxxxxxxxx >Subject: Applications on Vista Partition > >I have several programs (Adobe CS2 etc...) installed on a Windows Vista partition. So far I haven't been able to >use Wine to run these executables. I installed Wine with the hope that I could operate these programs from within >my Ubuntu partition. You made an incorrect assumption. You have to install these programs from within Wine. This is the only sure method that they will run properly. > >Is this not the way Wine is programmed to operate? Are there steps I am missing? What am I doing wrong? > No. Wine is not designed to work the way that you want to. You cannot just install Wine and then assign a drive letter to your Vista partition and then go right to work. Sorry if his is the impression you received, but alas it is incorrect. James McKenzie
