ok I found a directplay workaround here: http://wiki.winehq.org/DirectPlayGames all fine then downloading gecko? ok and it quits after the download: err:seh:raise_exception Unhandled exception code c0000005 flags 0 addr 0x2083e8d2 fixme:advapi:RegisterEventSourceA ((null)," "): stub fixme:advapi:RegisterEventSourceW (L"",L" "): stub fixme:advapi:ReportEventA (0xcafe4242,0x0001,0x0000,0x00000000,(nil),0x0001,0x00000060,0x72e6cc,0x74cf1a): stub fixme:advapi:ReportEventW (0xcafe4242,0x0001,0x0000,0x00000000,(nil),0x0001,0x00000060,0x142688,0x74cf1a): stub err:eventlog:ReportEventW L"6" fixme:advapi:DeregisterEventSource (0xcafe4242) stub fixme:advapi:RegisterEventSourceA ((null)," "): stub fixme:advapi:RegisterEventSourceW (L"",L" "): stub fixme:advapi:ReportEventA (0xcafe4242,0x0001,0x0000,0x00000000,(nil),0x0001,0x000002cc,0x72e6cc,0x74cffa): stub fixme:advapi:ReportEventW (0xcafe4242,0x0001,0x0000,0x00000000,(nil),0x0001,0x000002cc,0x142688,0x74cffa): stub err:eventlog:ReportEventW L"7" fixme:advapi:DeregisterEventSource (0xcafe4242) stub michael@75-178-153-194-pool:~/.wine/drive_c/Programme/Microsoft Games/Flight Simulator 9>