Trouble installing apps

[1Caver]

Trying to install apps using wine I get one of the two error messages;

Error; Path not found
or
NSIS; Error Launching Installer

If I try to install the app from the terminal I get both, at the same time, these messages;

wine xxxxxxx.exe
wine: cannot find L"unix\\home\\caver1\\Desktop\\xxxxxxx.exe
and
fixme:ole:RemUnknown_QueryInterface No interface for iid {00000019-0000-0000-c000-000000000046}

If I open Wine's explorer navigate to the app and double click on it the app installs with no problem.
Using Wine 1.7.44 and Ubuntu 14.04.
It's a pain to go to Wine's explorer just to install an app.
This happens with every app.

[dimesio]

http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#head-f351523 ... 8da63be66f

[1Caver]

I have done what the faq question points out to no avail.

[dimesio]

Did you cd to the directory containing the executable before running it?

[1Caver]

Yes I did cd to the Desktop. If you notice the Desktop is referenced in the error message.
I was always able to click on the .exe to instal the app or right click on it and choose Open with Wine Windows Program loader. Now all I get is the error messages noted above or in terminal the other error messages.
For some reason either Wine Windows Program Loader either can't find the Desktop or it can't find any file on the Desktop.
I did try the install from a different directory with the same results.

[L. Rahyen]

What happens if instead of "wine xxxxxxx.exe" you run "file xxxxxxx.exe" (if you do not have "file" command then run "sudo apt-get install file")? It should confirm that such file exists and that it is Windows executable. If it is, then please try "mv ~/.wine ~/.wine.old" to move old Wine prefix out of the way, then try to run .exe with Wine again.

[1Caver]

If the file didn't exist then how would installing it through Wine Explorer work?
I'll try the other suggestion.

[L. Rahyen]

Since in original post you have not checked in command line that the file exists where you think it does and just telling us that Wine does not find it but Wine Explorer does, you get basic suggestions such as to read the FAQ, cd to the directory and check file existence, or make sure that your Wine prefix is not broken.

[1Caver]

Why should I have to check if the file exists with the command line if Wine explorer shows that it definitely does, especially since I said it does it to all apps not just one?
Your suggestion that I move .wine to wine.old worked.
Thank you for your time and help.