> Well, I couldn't find a way to launch the .bat file, but I opened it and found a simple command to activate the Expand app. > > I copied it out, ran it and the .cab segments were assembled and installed. > > But nothing came of it, the same issue I had with using Crossover: > > I can't find an executable to run in the install directory. which has me puzzled. > > Has anybody used Visual C++ ? > I have had some success building C++ applications from the VS 2005 version that is/was in winetricks. However I never tried to install the platform sdk. John