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NORSEMEN999
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trouble installing

Post by NORSEMEN999 »

after running: wine msiexec /i Easy_Connection_to_Screen-6.5.13-win64.msi i originally got the following readout from the terminal. after setup failed now when i run that command nothing happens. but if i try installing through wine uninstaller i get the following readout:

(i cant seem to upload a pic)

sudo wine uninstaller
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:richedit:SpecialChar The token behind \u is not text, but (1,1,58)
0124:err:msi:execute_script Execution of script 0 halted; action L"[1\0080Easy Connection to Screen\00802147483647\0080*\00800\00802\0080C:\\Program Files\\Service.exe\0080\0080-2147483648\0080<=>S-1-5-21-0-0-0-1000<=>{FC4D5561-8DE8-4C3B-B0C9-34D3CF3EA514}]WixExecFirewallExceptionsInstall" returned 1603
0124:err:msi:ITERATE_Actions Execution halted, action L"InstallFinalize" returned 1603
0124:err:msi:ITERATE_Actions Execution halted, action L"ExecuteAction" returned 1603
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morgwai
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Re: trouble installing

Post by morgwai »

Hi,
So first never run any wine stuff as root in general for security reasons.
Second, in this particular case running as `wine unistaller` as root additionally makes it use different WINEPREFIX.
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