On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 23:57, X-Windows <wineforum-user@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I ran an installer and installed a program to "C:/Program Files" and it put it right back in the origional drive_c folder. So i went ahead and linked the origional drive_c to the new partition's drive_c and things seemed to be working, programs installed ok, but when I run them they come back with the same "This program has encountered a serious problem and needs to close" error. This is way too complicated... > You need to run the export every time you open a terminal. (shortcuts created in the menu will set the variable for applications launched from them to ehat it was for the installer...) (And if you do not run the export on its own, you need to prefix it before every command...) If you change the WINEPREFIX, you must also run the installer from the terminal where you changed it. Unix parts of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environment_variable#Synopsis and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environment_variable#Unix is relevant if you want to understand why... These have a similar effect. Assuming bash.... # ignore next part if you are confused... (The environment within bash itself differs though) # Option 1 export WINEPREFIX=/some/where winecfg cd /media/cdrom wine setup.exe # Option 2 WINEPREFIX=/some/where winecfg cd /media/cdrom WINEPREFIX=/some/where wine setup.exe Gert
