How to add aplications to Wine ?

DachaArh · Post by **DachaArh** » Tue May 13, 2008 6:19 pm

I have ubuntu 8.04 64bit and Wine installed.
I have Windows XP installed with over 50 aplications, and in ubuntu when I go to Wine/Programs, I have only notepad and I when I try to add more applications to list and my Program Files Folder opens I only have Common Files and Internet Explorer folders ?
Why is that and How can I add all folders to list ?

thanks for any help ...

Dan Kegel · Post by **Dan Kegel** » Tue May 13, 2008 6:27 pm

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 4:19 PM, DachaArh <[email protected]> wrote:

I have ubuntu 8.04 64bit and Wine installed.
I have Windows XP installed with over 50 aplications, and in ubuntu
when I go to Wine/Programs, I have only notepad and I when I try to add more
applications to list and my Program Files Folder opens I only have Common Files and Internet Explorer folders ?
Why is that and How can I add all folders to list ?

I have improved our FAQ to answer this question better. Visit
http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ
and see if the answer jumps out at you now.
- Dan

DachaArh · Post by **DachaArh** » Tue May 13, 2008 7:01 pm

1.4. I have lots of apps already installed in Windows. How do I run them in Wine?

Short answer: you have to install them in Wine just like you did in Windows.

Long answer: some applications can be copied from Windows to Wine and still work, but don't try this unless you like tinkering under the hood of your car while it's running.

Wine is not designed to interact with an existing Windows installation.

WARNING: Do not try to configure Wine to point to your actual Windows C:\ drive. We have tried to make this hard to do, so you probably can't do it by accident.

thanks