new user....problems running program off of cd

Questions about Wine on macOS.
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ramburn
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new user....problems running program off of cd

Post by ramburn »

new wine user here so maybe this is an easy fix, but im stupid like that

here is my issue....
i installed wine on my mac to try and run a .exe off of a CD. the program is a set of practice tests...wine will open the menue of tests, but when i try to access a test off of the menu, i get a message that the cd is not in the drive...but it is and i cant figure out a fix....any ideas?
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doh123
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Post by doh123 »

I have better luck on those types of things by copying the entire disc onto the drive in a folder and running it off there... but on some discs that still doesn't work because they have it hard coded to look for only an actual disc in the drive.
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DanKegel
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Post by DanKegel »

Wine still has some bugs in things like volume name handling.

The thing to do is to try the latest wine (currently 1.5.9), and if
it's still broken, file a bug listing what app you're testing,
what version of wine you tested with,
and we'll probably ask for a +volume log or something like that.
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