[Wine] Running XP programs in wine

[Dotan Cohen]

On 19/02/2008, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday 19 February 2008, Dotan Cohen wrote:
>  > Now that we're running as XP, the confounded thing wants "Internet
>  > Explorer greater than or equal to 5.1". How can I install IE?
>
>
> winetricks has a "fakeie6' argument to fool apps into thinking IE6 is
>  installed whether it is or not. I can never remember the URL for
>  winetricks, so google for "winetricks Dan Kegel"
>
>  Some apps require all of IE6 to be installed and working. It's been a
>  while since I checked this out, and you should only do it if IE won't
>  install by itself, you can use ies4linux to shove a square IE6 peg into
>  a round Linux hole.
>
>  ies4linux is generally not recommended as the best solution, as using it
>  deprives the wine devs of valuable feedback that could be used to
>  improve wine itself. It is useful however, for those apps that can be
>  gotten to run no other way and for users who absolutely require the app
>  to run.
>

Actually, I am familiar with IE4Linux and even donated to Sergio.
However, IE4Linux uses it's own modified wine and does not affect the
installed wine. So, apps that complain about needing IE won't even
know that IE4Linux is installed.

Dotan Cohen

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