Wine by default picks up from c:\windows\system32

[VJ]

HI,

When we run wine <program.exe>, it looks like wine by default tries to pick up files from drive_c\windows\system32.

What do we do if the executable files are installed in a different location?.
Wine cannot load it and fails.

Is there a PATH variable or something we can set for WINE, just like we set in a OS?

Cheers

[austin987]

On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 5:00 AM, VJ <[email protected]> wrote:

HI,

When we run wine <program.exe>, it looks like wine by default tries to pick up files from drive_c\windows\system32.

What do we do if the executable files are installed in a different location?.

cd to its directory.

Wine cannot load it and fails.

Is there a PATH variable or something we can set for WINE, just like we set in a OS?

Sure, same place in the registry as in windows.


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-Austin

[vitamin]

When we run wine <program.exe>, it looks like wine by default tries to pick up files from drive_c\windows\system32.

That is actually the last place it looks in. The message that you get "can't find c:\windows\system32\program.exe" is misleading.

What do we do if the executable files are installed in a different location?

Same as on windows:
- CD into that directory (current directory is the first to look for the program.exe)
- Specify full path to the executable
- Add directory with the executable it to the PATH

Is there a PATH variable or something we can set for WINE, just like we set in a OS?

Yes, via registry http://wiki.winehq.org/UsefulRegistryKeys