Can I run an exe in Windows 98/ME compactibility mode?

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Can I run an exe in Windows 98/ME compactibility mode?

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I need to run an exe in Windows 98/ME mode for it to work. Anyone know how? ( Can't do it from winecfg, only goes to XP)
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Re: Can I run an exe in Windows 98/ME compactibility mode?

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You have to create a 32 bit wineprefix. http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#32_bit_wineprefix

Depending on what kernel you have, you may run into http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36664 after setting the Windows version to Windows 98.
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Re: Can I run an exe in Windows 98/ME compactibility mode?

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dimesio wrote:You have to create a 32 bit wineprefix. http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#32_bit_wineprefix

Depending on what kernel you have, you may run into http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36664 after setting the Windows version to Windows 98.

I get wine: WINEARCH set to win32 but '/home/din/.wine' is a 64-bit installation.
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Re: Can I run an exe in Windows 98/ME compactibility mode?

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You can't change the architecture of an existing wineprefix. You have to create a new, 32 bit one.
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