I'm trying to run the calc.exe from my Windows 7 install on another machine running Ubunutu/Wine. However it seems to crash immediately. Is this something that should work? The Windows calculator isn't exactly bristling with complexity, so I'm surprised it doesn't work. But maybe it's using undocumented function calls in dlls or Microsoft boobytrapped it in some way so it won't work except under Windows. Is there any way to debug it and figure out what's going wrong? Has anyone else gotten calc to work under Wine?
I know there's an open issue to implement a version of calc, but I'm more interested in getting the Windows native version running, if at all possible.
Calc.exe under Wine?
Re: Calc.exe under Wine?
Running apps from a Windows install is not supported.
Re: Calc.exe under Wine?
It's a different machine that doesn't have Windows installed at all. I just copied calc.exe over. Or do you mean running apps pulled from a Windows install isn't supported?dimesio wrote:Running apps from a Windows install is not supported.
Either way, how do I figure out what's going wrong?
Re: Calc.exe under Wine?
Both. Copying may work for some simple apps, but most apps have to be installed in Wine the same as they would in Windows. In the case of calc.exe, the installer is the Windows installer, and that isn't going to work in Wine.
You could check the Windows registry for any entries needed for calc.exe and import them into the wineprefix's registry. Console output is the other thing to check.
According to the AppDB, the calculator from XP used to work in Wine, so you could try that.
You could check the Windows registry for any entries needed for calc.exe and import them into the wineprefix's registry. Console output is the other thing to check.
According to the AppDB, the calculator from XP used to work in Wine, so you could try that.
