Windows Setup.exe fails on Program Group creation

Gruff · Post by **Gruff** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 5:31 am

I have two issues with Wine.
1) When I run my VB6 Setup package the text is tiny and garbled.
I'm basically pushing buttons by memory as I can't make out what they say.

2) When I run my setup package from the Wine C: drive. Everything goes as it should until I reach the part where it constructs a Windows program group. Setup pops up an error dialog called "Setup message" and says: "Could not create directory: \FormDesigner" (Which is the name of my app)

What Sub folder area is it trying to write to? Under Windows that would most likey be:
C:\Documents and Settings\Profiles\<my Name>\Start Menu\Programs\

At one point a couple of weeks ago I uninstalled Wine then reinstalled it.
Could that have destroyed the folder structure it is looking for?

Thank You,

Tom Groff
[email protected]

Gruff · Post by **Gruff** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:07 am

Have not figured out how to fix problem 1.

RE: problem 2.

After looking at the USERPROFILE entry in the Wine .REG file I noticed that my profile in Wine was:

C:\Windows\Profile\<MyName>

After adding to that folder structure:

C:\Windows\Profile\<MyName>\Start Menu\Programs

My VB6 install package now completes and the test program runs.

jorl17 · Post by **jorl17** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 2:09 pm

Gruff wrote:Have not figured out how to fix problem 1.

RE: problem 2.

After looking at the USERPROFILE entry in the Wine .REG file I noticed that my profile in Wine was:

C:\Windows\Profile\<MyName>

After adding to that folder structure:

C:\Windows\Profile\<MyName>\Start Menu\Programs

My VB6 install package now completes and the test program runs.

Maybe you should file a bug (if it doesn't exist yet). If it works on windows it should work on wine too.

Gruff · Post by **Gruff** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:10 pm

RE: 1)

The program installed by Setup.exe looks fine. It is the Setup program itself that is the problem. The text is small and extremely pixelated. So much so you could not read it.

I'm able to walk through the install because I have done this for years. I just know which buttons to press.

Wish I could attach a screen shot of the Setup dialog.

John Drescher · Post by **John Drescher** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:13 pm

On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 10:10 PM, Gruff<[email protected]> wrote:

RE: 1)

The program installed by Setup.exe looks fine. It is the Setup program itself that is the problem. The text is small and extremely pixelated. So much so you could not read it.

I'm able to walk through the install because I have done this for years. I just know which buttons to press.

Wish I could attach a screen shot of the Setup dialog.

How about some terminal output?

John

Gruff · Post by **Gruff** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:34 pm

Sorry John, I am very new to linux and ubuntu. Not a clue what you mean.

austin987 · Post by **austin987** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 11:08 pm

On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 10:34 PM, Gruff<[email protected]> wrote:

Sorry John, I am very new to linux and ubuntu. Â Not a clue what you mean. Â :)

http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#get_log

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-Austin