[Wine] Re: Can't get wine to run any programs: included error message.

[DV-109]

James McKenzie wrote:
> On 2/19/11 5:45 PM, kpwall wrote:
> 
> > Okay,
> > 
> > I figured out that I have to use a "terminal window," to use wine.
> > 
> > I was able to open notepad and explorer in wine; both of these files are in the main windows folder: c:\windows/*.exe will open notepad or explorer
> > 
> > In windows 7 the full file path I can find for say Internet Explorer is:  c:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer however the command: wine c:\Program Files (x86)/Internet Explorer.exe will not open the application and results in bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
> > 
> > 
> > And vitamin I haven't been able to load that page yet it times out or something as do most of the other @%$#ing  help pages I am trying to open or I get a 404 fiel not found on many google links
> > 
> > 
> You have to 'escape' the left AND right parenthesis like this.  However, 
> Wine does not use Program Files (x86), so it appears you were trying to 
> map in the Windows C: drive to be your Wine C: drive and that just 
> totally hosed your Windows installation and broke Wine so it WILL NOT work.
> 
> What are you trying to do here?
> 
> James McKenzie


Seems he is trying to figure out how to use WINE.