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**claydoh** · Jan 20, 2020, 01:45 PM

Linux does not like spaces in file names, so try it with quotes

wine "EZ GIG v6.2.exe"
You may have to use the full path, I have not used Wine in a dog's age, so I am a bit rusty

wine "home/<your-username>/Downloads/EZ GIG v6.2.exe"

Wine may not have good access to one's hardware.
I don't see this software listed on Wine's app db, so few if any people have tried to run this in Wine

**Don B. Cilly** · Jan 20, 2020, 01:50 PM

The question being?
Why does it say things like
wine: cannot find L"C:\\windows\\system32\\EZ.exe"
when you tell it to
wine EZ GIG v6.2.exe ?

Wine doesn't quite like spaces and things in filenames.
You could try with single quotes (' '), like
wine ./'EZ GIG v6.2'.exe
or double quotes around the whole thing...
... or better, right-click on it (if left click doesn't work) in Dolphin and
open with: > wine windows program loader.

[EDIT] Er, well... :·)

**TexasGuy1988** · Jan 20, 2020, 02:46 PM

Thanks guys, ill try it out.

**TexasGuy1988** · Jan 20, 2020, 02:47 PM

also, why did the forum delete all my formatting? It took me a good while to change all those colors so it could be easily read and it reverted back to all black and white

**Don B. Cilly** · Jan 20, 2020, 03:00 PM

Black and blue :·)
The reason is at the bottom of your post...

**claydoh** · Jan 20, 2020, 04:07 PM

It is a bit hard to read, for some of our older eyes. Most folks who use the terminal at least a little don't need the coloring, though using the code tag (#) in the text editor helps, and bolding or highlighting a specific line can be useful.

To save effort, it is also fine to include only the output that has the term 'error' or 'fail" , plus the last line or two giving the final output.

So, here, this is what it would look like posting the moist relevant bits:

Code:

-Precision-M4600:~/Downloads$ wine EZ GIG v6.2.exe
002d:fixme:urlmon:InternetBindInfo_GetBindString not supported string type 20
002d:fixme:ntdll:NtLockFile I/O completion on lock not implemented yet
002d:err:mscoree:LoadLibraryShim error reading registry key for installroot
002d:err:mscoree:LoadLibraryShim error reading registry key for installroot
002d:err:mscoree:LoadLibraryShim error reading registry key for installroot
002d:err:mscoree:LoadLibraryShim error reading registry key for installroot
002d:fixme:msi:internal_ui_handler internal UI not implemented for message 0x0b000000 (UI level = 1)
002d:fixme:msi:internal_ui_handler internal UI not implemented for message 0x0b000000 (UI level = 1)
0034:fixme:urlmon:InternetBindInfo_GetBindString not supported string type 20
0034:fixme:ntdll:NtLockFile I/O completion on lock not implemented yet
0034:fixme:msi:internal_ui_handler internal UI not implemented for message 0x0b000000 (UI level = 1)
0034:fixme:msi:internal_ui_handler internal UI not implemented for message 0x0b000000 (UI level = 1)
0028:err:winediag:SECUR32_initNTLMSP ntlm_auth was not found or is outdated.

Make sure that ntlm_auth >= 3.0.25 is in your path. Usually, you can find it in the winbind package of your distribution.
0028:fixme:dwmapi:DwmIsCompositionEnabled 0x6dbd1518
0039:fixme:iphlpapi:NotifyIpInterfaceChange (family 0, callback 0x69ebd3de, context 0x8565c0, init_notify 0, handle 0x114fa10): stub
0053:fixme:urlmon:InternetBindInfo_GetBindString not supported string type 20
0053:fixme:ntdll:NtLockFile I/O completion on lock not implemented yet
0053:fixme:msi:internal_ui_handler internal UI not implemented for message 0x0b000000 (UI level = 1)
0053:fixme:msi:internal_ui_handler internal UI not implemented for message 0x0b000000 (UI level = 1)
0051:err:winediag:SECUR32_initNTLMSP ntlm_auth was not found or is outdated. Make sure that ntlm_auth >= 3.0.25 is in your path. Usually, you can find it in the winbind package of your distribution.
0051:fixme:dwmapi:DwmIsCompositionEnabled 0x6d5d3018
005a:fixme:iphlpapi:NotifyIpInterfaceChange (family 0, callback 0x6a0cb608, context 0x8d88c8, init_notify 0, handle 0x111fc88): stub
wine: configuration in '/home/kevin/.wine' has been updated.
wine: cannot find L"C:\\windows\\system32\\EZ.exe"
-Precision-M4600:~/Downloads$ wine EZ GIG v6.2.exe
wine: cannot find L"C:\\windows\\system32\\EZ.exe"
-Precision-M4600:~/Downloads$

And even here, Wine being weird as it is, most of the above is mostly interesting only to developer types.

**TexasGuy1988** · Jan 21, 2020, 07:56 AM

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**TexasGuy1988** · Jan 21, 2020, 07:57 AM

Originally posted by claydoh View Post

Linux does not like spaces in file names, so try it with quotes

wine "EZ GIG v6.2.exe"
You may have to use the full path, I have not used Wine in a dog's age, so I am a bit rusty

wine "home/<your-username>/Downloads/EZ GIG v6.2.exe"

Wine may not have good access to one's hardware.
I don't see this software listed on Wine's app db, so few if any people have tried to run this in Wine

Your first suggestion worked. Thank you

**mick.kde** · Jan 22, 2020, 07:12 AM

There is a GUI front-end for Wine called "PlayOnLinux" and it's in the repositories. Something you might want to file away. I've used it successfully with MS Office.

Mick

P. S. You've been using Linux for a week and you're jumping into Wine. Wow. I commend you.

**GreyGeek** · Jan 22, 2020, 06:35 PM

PoL isn't actually a GUI front end for WINE as much as it is merely a semi-preconfigured Windows OLD app & games installer. I played with it for a while a couple years ago and all of the apps and games are really old. A lot of them require the installation key in order to complete the installation.

The best way to use WINE is from the CLI and using what are called "Wine Bottles", i.e., prefixes that keep each EXE installation from interfering with any other EXE application:
http://ziemecki.net/content/wine-using-bottles
or
https://www.addictivetips.com/ubuntu...ixes-on-linux/

Wine's default prefix is 64bit. The default Wine Bottle, a WINEPREFIX, is ~/.wine, is preconfigured for Win7 (at least on my machine). To delete a particular EXE installation merely delete the prefix. You can make as many wine bottles as you need. Ideally, one for each application so that DLL's and other things won't get modified when installing them in other bottles. This makes it easy to delete an application without deleting other applications. Merely delete the WINEPREFIX. Otherwise, you will have to navigate into ~/.wine down to "drive_c" where you will see the folders for the various EXE's you have installed. After you delete them you will have to edit user.reg and system.reg and remove all lines relating to the installation of that EXE. As you can see, it is a lot easier to use Wine Bottles. Some apps, like SpaceEngine-0.98, include an uninstall menu entry that makes removing it easy. Other EXE files often do not.

To make a 32bit prefix:
Winearch=win32 WINEPREFIX="/home/username/.wine32/" winecfg

and install 32bit Windows apps in that wine bottle.

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