Guest mandrake123 Posted December 10, 2002 Report Share Posted December 10, 2002 OK, i got Office 2000 installed but the only way to run it is to browse to /home/user/.wine/fake_windows/Program Files/Microsoft Office/Office/ then double clicking on WINWORD.EXE I am trying to make a link on my desktop by right clicking and selecting new link to application. I am not sure what to type in the 'execute' box. I tried 'wine WINWORD.EXE' didnt work tried 'wine /home/user/.wine/fake_windows/Program Files/Microsoft Office/Office/WINWORD.EXE' didnt work tried '/opt/wine/bin/wine.bin /home/user/.wine/fake_windows/Program Files/Microsoft Office/Office/WINWORD.EXE' didnt work I can drag to desktop and select 'create link' but then i cannot change the icon and im stuck with the ugly wine glass icon. Anyone?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulSe Posted December 10, 2002 Report Share Posted December 10, 2002 Do this: $ cd /bin/ Make a file in bin called word.sh Open the file (with an editor) and type this in the file: cd /home/user/.wine/fake_windows/Program Files/Microsoft Office/Office/ wine WINWORD.EXE Save the file. Make a shortcut on your desktop and execute word.sh or put in 'sh word.sh' And you're done. Should work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulSe Posted December 10, 2002 Report Share Posted December 10, 2002 Don't forget to become root (su) before saving the file of course. Forgot that *sorry* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mandrake123 Posted December 10, 2002 Report Share Posted December 10, 2002 When you say make a file, i right click in that folder and select create new........ text file or something else??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emh Posted December 11, 2002 Report Share Posted December 11, 2002 You could also try, in your desktop link: wine "C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOfficeWINWORD.EXE" (although you might also want to try that with the slashes going the other way, too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulSe Posted December 11, 2002 Report Share Posted December 11, 2002 When you say make a file, i right click in that folder and select create new What I do is just use my editor (I use gedit, kedit is also good). # gedit [filename] This can create the file. text file or something else Yip, text file which is actually a script (like .bat files in dos) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mandrake123 Posted December 12, 2002 Report Share Posted December 12, 2002 Ok, instead of choosing 'link to application' i chose 'link to url' and put the path in the path field and named it 'Word' then i changed the icons to the ones i copied from win2000. All is well now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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