here's the log foo@foo:~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Powerbullet$ wine start Powerbullet.exe fixme:exec:SHELL_execute flags ignored: 0x00000100 foo@foo:~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Powerbullet$ fixme:system:SetProcessDPIAware stub! fixme:dwmapi:DwmIsCompositionEnabled 0x33c0b8 fixme:iphlpapi:NotifyAddrChange (Handle 0xb30e888, overlapped 0xb30e890): stub foo@foo:~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Powerbullet$ thanks for any help! is really welcome! ps: had the winetricks version of ie6 running whilst doing this