[Wine] Re: The Rosetta Stone : Installer doesn't work

[Usurp]

chtit_draco wrote:
> 
> Gert van den Berg wrote:
> > 
> > You could try getting command.com to start wine's cmd.exe.
> > 
> > Not sure how.... A symlink / hardlink might work (No idea what to link
> > it to...) or a short script that starts cmd.exe (again, not sure if
> > this will work..)
> > [...]
> > Haven't anyone left a HOWTO?
> > 
> 
> 
> I tried using a sym link and a hard link to drive_c/windows/system32/cmd.exe, and both don't work. I can't call the cmd.exe using "wine command.com"...it just prints out : 
> 
> 
> Code:
> 
> matth at PCmatthieu:~/.wine/drive_c/windows$ wine COMMAND.COM 
> wine: could not load L"C:\\windows\\COMMAND.COM": Module introuvable
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> 
> 
> 
> And so this same error message appears when I run the setup.exe file for Rosetta Stone.
> 
> I guess that's because it's not an .exe and wine checks for extensions before running it?
> 
> As for any HOWTO about it, I couldn't find any, since people at the wine AppDB either managed to install it without any problem, or can't install it at all...
> 
> chtit_draco

The following works :

Code:
[syl at wine c]$ ln -s /usr/local/lib/wine/cmd.exe.so command.com
[syl at wine c]$ wine command.com
CMD version 1.1.18

C:\