[Image: http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w160/nracingdev/Screenshot-3.png ] this is what i get when i type as directed. sorry for my virginity with this. I am still new to linux and wine. good with other sorts of programing though. i am running Ubuntu 10.10 64 bit for what its worth. sole installation on 1 partition. wine version 1.2.1. To me its almost like the batch file is trying to start something or call another batch or something thats not there. or maybe im speculating in saying that maybe the batch files need to be modified to use wine in their calls to start other files... just thinking out loud. if anyone wants to open the batch file and take a look around let me know i will email it to you as i dont think its ethical to post... unless an admin says its ok. thanks for your help.