> I tried running ie8 with wine and i discovered this: > > 1. No shortcut or reference link in the wine folder > 2. IE8 froze after i tried to start it. Also when trying to change the url > to google.com ...... http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18075 http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19313 > I however CAN run ie 7 on playonlinux but it wont download files PlayOnLinux isn't supported here. This forum is for plain Wine. Using real IE as a browser is not recommended. The main reason to install IE in Wine is for an app that needs its native dlls, and for those IE6 usually works best.