Program Files Folder in Wine

mitch374 · Post by **mitch374** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 11:49 am

Hello. I am not sure what I am doing wrong, but I cannot get Wine to run anything under the Program Files folder. It gives me the error message that it cannot find C:\Program (it's as if the space between Program and Files stops it). I have tried eliminating the space in both the folder name and in the command line. Nothing works. GRRRRRR

I am trying to install Final Fantasy XI using Ubuntu 8.10 and Wine 1.1.13 (updated to this this morning, before updating it wouldn't install at all) Also, I am following the step by step HOW TO that I found here.

Thanks for any and all help.

Post by **André H.** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 11:57 am

yesterday i had the same problem
i believe it is if you use different prefixes.

mitch374 · Post by **mitch374** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 12:17 pm

What did you do to make it work?

Gert van den Berg · Post by **Gert van den Berg** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 12:56 pm

On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 6:49 PM, mitch374 <[email protected]> wrote:

Hello. I am not sure what I am doing wrong, but I cannot get Wine to run anything under the Program Files folder. It gives me the error message that it cannot find C:\Program (it's as if the space between Program and Files stops it). I have tried eliminating the space in both the folder name and in the command line. Nothing works. GRRRRRR

1. Change directory to the program's directory first. Use Tab
completing to (easily) properly handle spaces.
Read http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#head-3b297df ... b8edc21619
for background
2. Learn how the shell's quoting works:
http://www.grymoire.com/Unix/Sh.html#uh-6 till the end of "Strong
versus weak quoting" is basically all there is to know.

I am trying to install Final Fantasy XI using Ubuntu 8.10 and Wine 1.1.13 (updated to this this morning, before updating it wouldn't install at all) Also, I am following the step by step HOW TO that I found here.

Thanks for any and all help.

Post by **André H.** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 12:58 pm

use the right prefix, or better just one

IneedAname · Post by **IneedAname** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 4:54 pm

On Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:49:46 -0600
"mitch374" <[email protected]> wrote:

Hello. I am not sure what I am doing wrong, but I cannot get Wine to run anything under the Program Files folder. It gives me the error message that it cannot find C:\Program (it's as if the space between Program and Files stops it). I have tried eliminating the space in both the folder name and in the command line. Nothing works. GRRRRRR

I am trying to install Final Fantasy XI using Ubuntu 8.10 and Wine 1.1.13 (updated to this this morning, before updating it wouldn't install at all) Also, I am following the step by step HOW TO that I found here.

Thanks for any and all help.

Put " " around the path.

mitch374 · Post by **mitch374** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 3:35 pm

Thanks for all of the input, it worked with the quotes.