how to install a .exe file (manually)

[brohitv]

i am using kubuntu gusty gibbon and when i installed some applications using wine i found that they are running slowly
so any one please tell me the procedure so that i can install .exe files

[aged hippy]

Re: how to install a .exe file (manually)

It could be one (or more) of many problems, processor speed, etc.

One way to install an .exe with Wine is - rather than left-clicking on it, right-click and select -> Open With -> Wine.

from the official Wine FAQ:

When I click on a .exe file in my file Manager, nothing happens.

This still happens on many distributions; it's a bug. However, it may not be a bug in Wine so much as a bug in the desktop environment (eg GNOME) or a bug in the way Wine is packaged. Double clicking is currently a bad way of running EXE files anyway, as it doesn't correctly set the PATH so applications may fail to start complaining that they cannot find files they rely on.

Wine-created desktop shortcuts and start menu entries, however, should work just fine.

The standard workaround for this is to open a terminal window, navigate to the folder where your application is, and run it by typing wine (program).exe. Running wine in this fashion will also output any runtime errors or fixmes to the terminal window. This may not be the friendliest way to use Wine, but at the moment it is the most effective.

Click>>> Wine FAQ

I've always found the right-click to work.

Good Luck.