Windows 3.0 apps can't find their files

Z_God zgod at zgod.cjb.net
Mon Dec 15 12:44:14 CST 2003


Duane Clark schreef:

> Julius Schwartzenberg wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I've got two apps from 1990. The disk says they need Windows 3.0. The 
>> first app is Clowns, and the second one is the installer.
>> When I run one of them, they act like they can't find their files. 
>> The installer gives an error about a missing file, which is in the 
>> same dir is the executable itself and Clowns itself misses some 
>> graphics, which it also does in real Windows when I can't find some 
>> files.
>> Any idea how to fix this? I do not get any special errors from Wine.
>
>
> What version of Wine are you using? I seem to remember seeing a patch 
> to Wine about a month or so ago, to make sure to check the 
> executable's directory when searching for files.


I'm using version 20031118.



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