STRANGE problem when loading a .exe!

fescobar · Post by **fescobar** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:50 pm

Ok, so here's the deal:
I downloaded a game with no installer, just have to execute the .exe to run.
So when i double click the .exe in Nautilus, the game runs perfectly, but when I execute the game from terminal with the "wine" command it gives me an error and the application stops, I don't really understand why somehting like that happens, so I would really appreciate any help or explanation to this. Because as far as I know the .exe is set to be opened with the "wine windows program loader" which is the same as the "wine" command in terminal.
Like I said, STRANGE problem.

vitamin · Post by **vitamin** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:55 pm

fescobar wrote:Ok, so here's the deal:
I downloaded a game with no installer, just have to execute the .exe to run.
So when i double click the .exe in Nautilus, the game runs perfectly, but when I execute the game from terminal with the "wine" command

What exact command?

fescobar · Post by **fescobar** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 4:03 pm

In the terminal:
wine route_to_the_game/game.exe

vitamin · Post by **vitamin** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 4:06 pm

fescobar wrote:In the terminal:
wine route_to_the_game/game.exe

What _EXACT_ command?

Gabriel Parrondo · Post by **Gabriel Parrondo** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 6:06 pm

El dom, 14-09-2008 a las 16:03 -0500, fescobar escribiÃ³:

In the terminal:
wine route_to_the_game/game.exe

The behaviour of wine may depend on your pwd. When you use nautilus, pwd
is the same as route_to_the_game. Apparently when you are on the
terminal it's not. Try with:

cd route_to_the_game
wine game.exe

And see if that works.

Also, when you ask for help you must give details about what you're
doing (What _EXACT_ command?), what errors do you get ("it gives me an
error and the application stops" doesn't count) and what else did you
try to solve it yourself.

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fescobar · Post by **fescobar** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 10:26 pm

So, I did something to fix the problem, I don't know if it was something obvious, but I used to type in the terminal:
wine /media/"Documents & Installers"/"Mis documentos"/Installers/"Virtual Farm"/"Virtual Farm"/VirtualFarm.exe
and that didn't work, the game started and then exit, but now I type:
wine "/media/Documents & Installers/Mis documentos/Installers/Virtual Farm/Virtual Farm/VirtualFarm.exe"
and it works.

Why is it different to double quote each folder with spaces in the name or double quoting the whole thing?

vitamin · Post by **vitamin** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 11:10 pm

fescobar wrote:Why is it different to double quote each folder with spaces in the name or double quoting the whole thing?

'man bash' or any book about shell programming will answer that question. What you tried to do is not valid.

However you still not doing it right. Refer to this FAQ. And pay attention to the paths that you should use and the current working directory you are in: http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#head-8d8c06c ... 5c730566e0