Wine .exe problem

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CurtisX
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Wine .exe problem

Post by CurtisX »

Hello , I'm sorry to have to say this but i just downloaded a game installed it but cannot run the .exe on my desktop nor in the Programs .. i have right clicked the .exe and made it executable and everytime i double click the .exe a black screen flashes ... really i'm not sure what else to do ... i tried to cd my way into the program files but terminal keeps giving me this :

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cannot find '/root/.wine/dosdevices/c:/Program'
:cry: , Any help would be very much appreciated
- i am using backtrack
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dimesio
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Re: Wine .exe problem

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First, never run Wine as root. http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#run_as_root

Second, read this for how to handle paths with spaces in them: http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/weirdchars.html.
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