I have tried what you suggested following the website instructions you recommended. Results are as follows: al@al-Satellite-P505:~/wine-git$ ./wine program_install.exe wine: created the configuration directory '/home/al/.wine' fixme:urlmon:DownloadBSC_OnProgress Unsupported status 3 fixme:wininet:InternetLockRequestFile STUB fixme:storage:create_storagefile Storage share mode not implemented. err:mscoree:LoadLibraryShim error reading registry key for installroot err:mscoree:LoadLibraryShim error reading registry key for installroot err:mscoree:LoadLibraryShim error reading registry key for installroot err:mscoree:LoadLibraryShim error reading registry key for installroot err:mscoree:LoadLibraryShim error reading registry key for installroot err:mscoree:LoadLibraryShim error reading registry key for installroot fixme:iphlpapi:NotifyAddrChange (Handle 0x10ae91c, overlapped 0x10ae900): stub wine: configuration in '/home/al/.wine' has been updated. wine: cannot find L"C:\\windows\\system32\\program_install.exe" al@al-Satellite-P505:~/wine-git$ ./wine "C:\Program Files\Quicken2011\qw.exe" wine: cannot find 'C:\Program Files\Quicken2011\qw.exe' al@al-Satellite-P505:~/wine-git$ ./wine "C:\Program Files\Program Name\program.exe" wine: cannot find 'C:\Program Files\Program Name\program.exe' al@al-Satellite-P505:~/wine-git$ NOW what do I do????? Sorry I'm not this versed in Linux or Ubuntu. ..................................... Al