Sorry dimesio I actually didn't see your post there So I used cd to get to my desktop. However it still isn't doing much: Code: douglas@douglas-laptop:~$ cd /home/douglas/Desktop douglas@douglas-laptop:~/Desktop$ dir Application_Form.doc PoliceStaff_App_Form_v3.5_e.pdf Job\ Centre.doc SteamInstall.msi douglas@douglas-laptop:~/Desktop$ wine msiexec /i SteamInstall.msi Warning: could not find DOS drive for current working directory '/home/douglas/Desktop', starting in the Windows directory. err:msi:copy_package_to_temp failed to copy package L"SteamInstall.msi" fixme:msi:MSI_OpenDatabaseW open failed r = 80030002 for L"SteamInstall.msi" douglas@douglas-laptop:~/Desktop$ wine start SteamInstall.msi Warning: could not find DOS drive for current working directory '/home/douglas/Desktop', starting in the Windows directory. fixme:exec:SHELL_execute flags ignored: 0x00000500 Application could not be started, or no application associated with the specified file. ShellExecuteEx failed: File not found douglas@douglas-laptop:~/Desktop$ wine msiexec SteamInstall.msi Warning: could not find DOS drive for current working directory '/home/douglas/Desktop', starting in the Windows directory. Usage: Install a product: msiexec {package|productcode} [property] msiexec /i {package|productcode} [property] msiexec /a package [property] Repair an installation: msiexec /f[p|o|e|d|c|a|u|m|s|v] {package|productcode} Uninstall a product: msiexec /x {package|productcode} [property] Advertise a product: msiexec /j[u|m] package [/t transform] [/g languageid] msiexec {u|m} package [/t transform] [/g languageid] Apply a patch: msiexec /p patchpackage [property] msiexec /p patchpackage /a package [property] Modifiers for above operations: msiexec /l[*][i|w|e|a|r|u|c|m|o|p|v|][+|!] logfile msiexec /q{|n|b|r|f|n+|b+|b-} Register a module: msiexec /y module Unregister a module: msiexec /z module Display usage and copyright: msiexec {/h|/?} NOTE: Product code on commandline unimplemented as of yet Copyright 2004 Vincent Býron I have my .bashrc set as instructed.