Where are the programs installed?

The_Loko · Post by **The_Loko** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 3:15 pm

This is my question. I want to install some mods to my games, but the program files folder in wine looks empty (only IE) Where are the game folders??
Thanks.

John Drescher · Post by **John Drescher** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 3:24 pm

On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 4:15 PM, The_Loko <[email protected]> wrote:

This is my question. I want to install some mods to my games, but the program files folder in wine looks empty (only IE) Where are the game folders??

By default your wine virtual windows is at

$HOME/.wine

Turn on hidden files in your file manager to browse that.

John

Doug · Post by **Doug** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 3:48 pm

On 03/23/2012 04:15 PM, The_Loko wrote:

This is my question. I want to install some mods to my games, but the program files folder in wine looks empty (only IE) Where are the game folders??
Thanks.

Use your "Find Files" program--it doesn't care if the game is designed
for Windows. For example, the results of finding Pinball:

file:///home/doug/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Microsoft Games/Pinball

--doug

The_Loko · Post by **The_Loko** » Sat Mar 24, 2012 5:12 am

I know that, but my Program files folder in .wine is empty, only the default folders installed when I installed wine.

Post by **dimesio** » Sat Mar 24, 2012 5:39 am

The_Loko wrote:I know that, but my Program files folder in .wine is empty, only the default folders installed when I installed wine.

How did you install your games? If it was with a third party script, it probably installed to a different wineprefix than the default.

Martin Gregorie · Post by **Martin Gregorie** » Sat Mar 24, 2012 8:02 am

On Sat, 2012-03-24 at 05:12 -0500, The_Loko wrote:

I know that, but my Program files folder in .wine is empty, only the default folders installed when I installed wine.

To find where the program(s) got to, try:
<code>
sudo updatedb
locate progname.exe
</code>

Martin

vitamin · Post by **vitamin** » Sat Mar 24, 2012 10:18 am

Martin Gregorie wrote:To find where the program(s) got to, try:
<code>
sudo updatedb
locate progname.exe
</code>

Why so complicated? Besides locate is not installed on most modern distros. Regular "find" will be enough:

Code: Select all

find ~ -iname '*exe'

Martin Gregorie · Post by **Martin Gregorie** » Sat Mar 24, 2012 11:00 am

On Sat, 2012-03-24 at 10:18 -0500, vitamin wrote:

Martin Gregorie wrote:
To find where the program(s) got to, try:
<code>
sudo updatedb
locate progname.exe
</code>
Why so complicated?

What is so complex in typing two simple commands? I suggested running
updatedb because it is typically run as an overnight cron job and Murphy
says the OP will have tried the install since it was last run.

Besides locate is not installed on most modern distros.

Its been part of RedHat distros forever and is still part of it.

Regular "find" will be enough:

...and a *lot* slower that updatedb+locate

Martin

FrÃ©dÃ©ric Delanoy · Sat Mar 24, 2012 6:41 pm

On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 16:18, vitamin <[email protected]> wrote:

Martin Gregorie wrote:
To find where the program(s) got to, try:
<code>
sudo updatedb
locate progname.exe
</code>
Why so complicated? Besides locate is not installed on most modern distros. Regular "find" will be enough:

Code:

find ~ -iname '*exe'

find ~/.wine -iname '*exe'

will typically be even quicker (or substitute ~/.wine with a
wineprefix if you use multiple ones)

FrÃ©dÃ©ric

The_Loko · Post by **The_Loko** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 6:09 am

dimesio wrote:
The_Loko wrote:I know that, but my Program files folder in .wine is empty, only the default folders installed when I installed wine.
How did you install your games? If it was with a third party script, it probably installed to a different wineprefix than the default.

I used playonlinux. So, this is the problem?

The_Loko · Post by **The_Loko** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 6:11 am

Yes! The games are in the .PlayOnlinux Folder. Thanks xD

FrÃ©dÃ©ric Delanoy · Sun Mar 25, 2012 7:12 am

On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 13:09, The_Loko <[email protected]> wrote:

dimesio wrote:
The_Loko wrote:
I know that, but my Program files folder in .wine is empty, only the default folders installed when I installed wine.
How did you install your games? If it was with a third party script, it probably installed to a different wineprefix than the default.
I used playonlinux. So, this is the problem?

Third party applications are not supported here.
See http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#head-aeffd8e ... c926cb1235