[Bug 19074] New: Error message "Module not found" should be more obvious

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http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19074

           Summary: Error message "Module not found" should be more
                    obvious
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.1.21
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Keywords: integration
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
        AssignedTo: wine-bugs at winehq.org
        ReportedBy: scott at open-vote.org


On multiple occasions, I have seen users open a terminal and attempt to run
their application by typing something like "wine itunes.exe"

Wine then looks in the current folder (where it isn't), then looks in its
system32 folder (where it also isn't), and then outputs this message:

wine: could not load L"C:\\windows\\system32\\itunes.exe": Module not found


I suggest changing this error message to something clearer based on what the
typical error here, something like:

wine: could not load "itunes.exe": the specified program was not found in the
current directory


This message is more specific to the problem, and more importantly it tells the
user (even a clueless new terminal user) that they need to change the current
directory.  So rather than saying "Wine's broken" and making a bad post on a
forum/bug tracker, they'll instead look up how to change a directory in the
terminal.

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