error starting wine

[aparna]

i understood how to select the right wine for a system.....phew.....

[sunnylearns]

[root@aparna root]# wine /root/ymsgr.exe
Invalid path L"c:\\windows" for L"windows" directory: does not exist.
Perhaps you have not properly edited your Wine configuration file (/root/.wine/config)

now what????????????????

paste your Wine Config.

# grep -v "^;" ~/.wine/config | grep '.' > myconfig

execute the above command and paste the contents of file myconfig

PS: By Your posts, I've understood that, you are running your box as root all the times. and this is NOT safe. try running your box as normal user as far as possible.

[aparna]

WINE REGISTRY Version 2
[wine]
"Windows" = "c:\\windows"
"System" = "c:\\windows\\system"
"Temp" = "e:\\"
"Path" = "c:\\windows;c:\\windows\\system;e:\\;e:\\test;f:\ \"
"Profile" = "c:\\windows\\Profiles\\Administrator"
"GraphicsDriver" = "x11drv"
"ShellLinker" = "wineshelllink"
# [wineconf]
[Version]
[DllOverrides]
"oleaut32" = "builtin, native"
"ole32" = "builtin, native"
"comdlg32" = "builtin, native"
"shell32" = "builtin, native"
"shfolder" = "builtin, native"
"shlwapi" = "builtin, native"
"shdocvw" = "builtin, native"
"advapi32" = "builtin, native"
"msvcrt" = "native, builtin"
"mciavi.drv" = "native, builtin"
"mcianim.drv" = "native, builtin"
"msi" = "native, builtin"
"*" = "builtin, native"
[x11drv]
"AllocSystemColors" = "100"
"PrivateColorMap" = "N"
"PerfectGraphics" = "N"
"Managed" = "Y"
"UseDGA" = "Y"
"UseXVidMode" = "Y"
"UseXRandR" = "Y"
"UseTakeFocus" = "Y"
"DXGrab" = "N"
"DesktopDoubleBuffered" = "N"
[fonts]
"Resolution" = "96"
"Default" = "-adobe-helvetica-"
"DefaultFixed" = "fixed"
"DefaultSerif" = "-adobe-times-"
"DefaultSansSerif" = "-adobe-helvetica-"
[FontDirs]
[ppdev]
[spooler]
"FILE:" = "tmp.ps"
"LPT1:" = "|lpr"
"LPT2:" = "|gs -sDEVICE=bj200 -sOutputFile=/tmp/fred -q -"
"LPT3:" = "/dev/lp3"
[ports]
[Debug]
[registry]
"LoadGlobalRegistryFiles" = "Y"
"LoadHomeRegistryFiles" = "Y"
"LoadWindowsRegistryFiles" = "Y"
"WritetoHomeRegistryFiles" = "Y"
"SaveOnlyUpdatedKeys" = "Y"
[Clipboard]
"ClearAllSelections" = "0"
"PersistentSelection" = "1"
"UsePrimary" = "0"
[afmdirs]
"1" = "/usr/share/ghostscript/fonts"
"2" = "/usr/share/a2ps/afm"
"3" = "/usr/share/enscript"
"4" = "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
[WinMM]
"Drivers" = "wineoss.drv" ; default for most common configurations
"WaveMapper" = "msacm.drv"
"MidiMapper" = "midimap.drv"
[dsound]
[Network]
[AppDefaults\\_INS0432._MP\\x11drv]
"Desktop" = "640x480"
[AppDefaults\\_INS0466._MP\\x11drv]
"Desktop" = "640x480"
[AppDefaults\\_INS0576._MP\\x11drv]
"Desktop" = "640x480"
[AppDefaults\\_INS5176._MP\\x11drv]
"Desktop" = "640x480"
[AppDefaults\\_INS5576._MP\\x11drv]
"Desktop" = "640x480"
# [/wineconf]

[hydrogen]

i'm having a similar problem with wine. i have my ~/.wine directory and the config file is in their. when i try to start wine it says

Invalid path L"/c/WINDOWS" for L"windows" directory: does not exist.
Perhaps you have not properly edited your Wine configuration file (/home/hydrogen/.wine/config)

it seems to be using cases. how can i get this working?

[don]

Invalid path L"/c/WINDOWS" for L"windows" directory: does not exist.
Perhaps you have not properly edited your Wine configuration file (/home/hydrogen/.wine/config)

the references to "C:\\Windows" are to be correctly set to your windows directory if they exist (could be "D:\\Windows") as well. i believe the wine config file also should contain the references to to the correct hd partitions as as in your C: being /dev/hda1 .

[root@aparna root]# wine /root/ymsgr.exe

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[hydrogen]

i dont understand what you mean. my /c parition does exist.

drwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 0 Jun 15 20:20 /c/WINDOWS/