On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 21:28, shelbijoseph<wineforum-user@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Gert, > > The notepad just does n't open. When I click on notepad nothing happens. > You have n't said the wine run command on terminal. > (I'm not sure excaly what you tried. It seem that you tried to run wine's notepad from the menu "shortcut" that the package installs) Does it work if you type 'wine notepad' in the terminal? (Applications > Acessories > Terminal in Ubuntu Jaunty) (it actually runs wine and tell it to start notepad, which is a build in utility. You can use it to run any windows app. e.g. 'wine setup.exe' from the directory where you downlaoded the setup of a Windows program) When you run Wine fromt he terminal it gives some diagnostic output which can be really useful for diagnosing your issue if you paste it... > Thanks a ton >