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Linux Distribution: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Desktop Environment: GNOME
Graphics Card: GeForce MX250
GPU Driver Version: 460.39
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I am unable to run Windows "installers" using WINE (right-click "installer" file-->Open with WINE Windows Program Loader")... When I try to do so, I see an animated spinning icon for about fifteen (15) seconds, then nothing.
I did not have this problem until I accidentally installed "GOG Galaxy" for a particular game (and people actually want this garbage for Linux?)(I had downloaded the wrong "installer" and the one I did download installed "GOG Galaxy" first, before unsuccessfully attempting to install said game).
I have been working on this all day, and had no luck trying to fix it... I have completely "purged" / re-installed WINE multiple times, I have rebooted my system repeatedly, I have manually searched for files that appear to be related to WINE and then deleted them (emptying my "trash" in the process"), again whilst rebooting in between - no change.
So now I'm out of ideas... Any help would be appreciated.
Last edited by Cyba.Cowboy on 2 April 2021 at 6:27 am UTC
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I had this problem as well and in KDE you have to make EXE associations to open with WINE FIRST on the list.
Last edited by wolfyrion on 2 April 2021 at 7:39 am UTC
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It is trying to open with WINE though... I'm opening files via the respective option in the "right-click" menu (and even if I manually select WINE from the "Other Application" menu, it does the same thing).
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You could test if this is the same problem by running one of these installers with wine64 instead of wine. If that works, either add a custom desktop launcher to your ~/.local/share/applications/ (you can base it on /usr/share/applications/wine.desktop), launch your installers from the command line, or simply revert to the previous Wine release for the time being.
No idea if launching with wine64 has any downsides. I don't use Wine very often.
Is it just the file association or is Wine broken in general? Does it work if you run "wine setup.exe" from a terminal?
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Yes.
I used this command and everything immediately ran fine / as expected:
wine 'setup_horizon_zero_dawntm_complete_edition_6278995_(64bit)_(44600).exe'When I removed said game, I also needed to do so via Terminal...
wine 'unins000.exe'This would suggest I am wrong, and it is in fact a file association issue, right? How do I fix that?
Last edited by Cyba.Cowboy on 2 April 2021 at 10:06 pm UTC
xdg-mime query filetype setup.exeWhich should return a mimetype, you can make another query for:
xdg-mime query default application/x-ms-dos-executableThis will most likely provide a .desktop file. Said file most likely lives in either /usr/share/applications/ or ~/.local/share/applications/ . I'm guessing the most likely culprit is in your home dir.
These are just regular text files, open it and see what the Exec field is set to.
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https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50867
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=265206
Last edited by kokoko3k on 5 April 2021 at 5:55 am UTC
Interesting, I have never seen those commands before. Always interesting to learn something new!
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Maybe.
Their issue appears to be similar - though there are minor differences (for example, they're seeing error messages, which I am not)... Strangely, the bug is listed as being "resolved" over on the WINE Bugzilla.
Perhaps because - if my understanding of that "bug" is correct - this is actually a design flaw, due to a change in the way in which WINE now handles directory structures / file-paths (again, if my understanding is correct, WINE now uses Microsoft Windows directory structures / file-paths exclusively and does not recognize 'nix directory structures / file-paths)?