Unable to install MS-Aplications

[Andreas Mohr]

MFmStab70 <mfmstab70 at t-online.de> wrote:
> Hello

> I am using wine release 20010216 and SuSE Linux 7.1. I can run small windows
> aplications like notepad with wine on my system, but I am not able to
> install larger MS-aplications like MS-Office 95 or 97. When I try to install
> something like this, it seems, as if the installation will run, but then an
> error message with the number 544 appears . It tells me, that the
> setup-programm is unable to open file "E:\MSSETUP.T\...". Please start the
> program from the same folder, where you started it before. This makes no
> sense, because I am installing it the first time. I think something in my
> configuration is wrong. I´ve heard from many people, that it is possible to
> run these aplications with wine. Maybe my local config-file gives any
> information:
Has it ever occurred to you that it might be possible that people are only
able to run it with an *existing* Windows install ?

The WineHQ search feature or groups.google.com are there for a reason, BTW.

Andreas Mohr