[Wine] C++ .exe files and Wine?!?

[James McKenzie]

On 10/23/10 6:36 PM, Idan wrote:
> Hey everyone,
>
> I am new to the forum but I am looking for some help. I am trying to figure out a way to run .exe files generated by a C++ program on windows (Microsoft Visual Studio). Everything led me to wine, as a free way of getting .exe files to run.
>
> The problem is that this kind of .exe files is not an installer, but rather a command window program. Would wine be able to run anything of this kind? and if so, any recommendations as to which one would be able to?
>
You may need to download appropriate C++ runtime redistributables for 
your program.  A script called winetricks can assist in doing this.  
Item 7.5 in our FAQ (http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ) gives more information 
on what is winetricks and where to get it.

James McKenzie