Thufir wrote: > thufir at ARRAKIS:~/.wine/drive_c$ msiexec /a freephoneline.exe > Why are you trying to run an exe with msiexec? Run it normally, with wine. http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#head-f3515230c198befe0279d32c448d9c8da63be66f And as John said, upgrade. 1.0.1 is very old. The installer works fine in 1.2-rc5.