WINE 5 opening EXE file like it's an archive

[Mynaardt]

Hi there!

I have a new install of Linux Mint 20 and encountered a bit of a hiccup with Wine 5 (or 5.01 or whatever the newest version is).

After configuring it, I tried opening an EXE file that's always worked for me under Wine in the past. But instead of running the program, the executable was opened as if it was an archive of some sort.

Does anyone know if there's a quick fix for this?

Thanks in advance!

[Mynaardt]

Sorry, all. It turned out to be a Linux Mint-specific problem.

I got the answer here

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$ sudo ln -s /usr/share/doc/wine/examples/wine.desktop /usr/share/applications/

Then it worked just fine afer I did that.