ajaygarg wrote: > Hi all. > > I am wanting to run the following command from the shell :: > wineconsole explorer /desktop=ajay > > Since I intend to launch Windows CUI executables after launching explorer, I use wineconsole; and secondly, I set WINELOADER to the path of 'wineconsole' binary. (These steps are in conjunction with the link http://www.winehq.org/docs/wine > > But the application just hangs, always. > > However, if I omit the second step, (or explicitly set the WINELOADER=''), the application runs vanilla fine. > > > Now, the reason I am asking this is because I want to run explorer and windows applications, by launching through a python script. By simply using wineconsole (and not setting WINELOADER), the explorer runs fine, but when I launch windows applications, I am not able to input from keyboard. If I do set WINELOADER to the path of wineconsole, the application just fails to start. > > > > So, in nutshell, why is the application hanging when I set WINELOADER to the path of wineconsole binary? > > > Regards, > Ajay Corrected one thing. I want to launch explorer from a python script.
