Win prog works with wine, but Launcher starts prog, gets err

[PLML]

Hi Forum,

I have searched many forums for a solution to this problem, but can't find one. Some close, but don't work.

I have installed wine on Linux Mint 17, and have several Windows programs running successfully, such as Irfanview, started by a Launcher.

One however is a problem. I can start the program by right clicking the .exe file, Open with Wine Windows Program Loader, and its runs perfectly. No problems.

I then created a Launcher for this .exe, and it starts the program, but the program brings up a small windows saying it cannot find a file it uses, even though they are in the same folder, and the program terminates. No matter where the launcher is located, even in the program folder, I get the same result - program cannot find a needed file.

Other .exe programs with files similar to this I have created a Launcher for, work OK.

Am I missing something?

Thanks. PLML

[dimesio]

You need to set the working directory in the launcher to the location of the executable. In KDE's menu editor, put it in the "Work path" field; I don't know about other desktops. If yours doesn't have a way to do that, use wine start /unix and the full unix-style path as the command to run the executable.

[PLML]

Hi dimesio, thanks for the quick reply. I tried all variations of both your suggestions, and neither worked.

The Linux Mint 17 Launcher does not have a field for a Work or Environment path. I discovered there appears to be a Path field for Launcher, so I added Path=/full path to exe file/ and got Error: Details: :Failed to change to directory '/home/-user-/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/-program folder-' (No such file or directory) . I tried several variations of the full path name, but got same error each time.

Am I not specifying the Path correctly? "Path=" appears to be recognised, but not what I am entering. Do you have an example of a Path= line?

[PLML]

Fixed it! Thank you. The context of the Path statement in Launcher is very concise. It requires a "space" after Path= , as in "Path= /home etc

[PLML]

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