Flash 5 on Mandrake 8.0

[Steve Lange]

Okay, here is an update:

On the Codeweaver's Wine Knowledgebase I found this link:

http://wine.codeweavers.com/fom-meta/cache/332.html

It describes the problem I am having with trying to install Flash 5 
succinctly; specifically: "Setup failed to launch installation engine 
(0xXXXXXXXX)".

I've tried the suggestion mentioned on that page--adding the "--dll 
ole32=n" string, but now I can't even get Wine to start at all. Again, I 
am using Wine with a fake windows partition. I went into the 
System_Files folder, and there is an ole32.dll listed, but I don't know 
if this is a real dll or not--and I was able to find another copy of 
ole32.dll, so I'm wondering if I should overwrite the existing version 
with the one I've downloaded, to see if that might work better somehow.

It's looking like I may have to set up a real Windows partition in order 
to get this working like this guy did:

http://appdb.codeweavers.com/appview.php?appId=23&versionId=79

Oh well...again, any help much appreciated.

Steve Lange



Steve Lange wrote:

> Hey now-
> 
> I'm trying to get Flash 5 installed using the default version of Wine 
> that came with my Mandrake 8.0 installation. I am using Wine configured 
> to use a "fake windows" partition, run in Windows 98 mode, and run 
> within an X window. I can get the installer program for Flash 5 to start 
>  and being unpacking, but right after the unpacking of the .cab files I 
> get an error message to the effect that "Setup failed to launch 
> installation engine".
> 
> I am a complete newbie to Wine, so I'm a little confused as to how to 
> proceed. Any advice would be much appreciated. I tried installing the 
> demo version of Dreamweaver 3 that came on my Flash 5 CD (just to see 
> what would happen) and it got 95% of the way through the installation, 
> hanging on the "Adding Start Up Menu Icons" (or something to that effect).
> 
> Do I need to have a real Windows partition with Flash 5 installed to use 
> Wine? Or can I install Flash 5 from Wine itself?
> 
> Any help much appreciated,
> 
> Steve Lange
>