When installing software with Wine it does not put an Icon on the applications menu. Xubuntu 10.04

Question

When I install software with wine it appears to install correctly but does not add that program to the applications menu. I don't know the command to run the program from the command line so I can never run that program except through the wine installation command. How do I add that program to the menu? I am running wine from the terminal, but I believe the result is the same when starting it from the menu. Thanks, Daniel

Answer 1

This question have an easy way to solve. Do this things

1. Create your own .desktop file
2. Add that .desktop file to there where you want

Create your own `.desktop` file

Just create a new file and set its name somthing.desktop. It is important that extension is .desktop. In that write this:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=(Apps name)
Exec=(command to execute(for example wine ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/(And Path)))
Icon=(select an icon and write its path here)
Type=Application

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Add that `.desktop` file to there where you want

You can try just draging method or use Main menu to add New Item

Answer 2

You may also try to install PlayOnLinux and install your app from there. It's much easier and you can install as many wine versions.