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Wine is a software compatibility layer that allows Windows programs to be run on Linux, BSD, Solaris and Mac OS X.

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How to view installed wine apps to launch them?

I am unable to locate my wine applications in ubuntu, while in lubuntu I have seen a menu option of wine where it shows all the applications installed in wine, is there any way I can view list of ...
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How to install Imo messenger in ubuntu 16.04?

I downloaded an Imo messenger installer (for Windows) and executed it with WINE. I got a desktop shortcut, but it does not work. When I double-click it, it hangs around for a while (I can see it in ...
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Install Google Drive Sync for Windows using Wine

Is there a way to install the googledrivesync.exe using Wine? I've tried various alternative clients, but they are somewhat limited, and other guides I've followed are somewhat outdated.
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Adobe photoshop on ubuntu

I've successfully installed photoshop cs6 extended using this tutorial. My only problem is that I can't drag and drop images in photoshop. Common solutions available online is to uncheck run as ...
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Wine runs explorer.exe instead of app

I installed the Windows version of Steam in Wine, and for the most part it works. But I bought Worms Armageddon and installed it, but when I try to run it, I just get the Wine Explorer, like below. I ...
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Confining wine and windows apps to ~/.wine using apparmor

I'm trying to write an apparmor profile to protect against windows malware run via wine. As I understand it, unless wine is run as root, it's not possible for windows apps to modify system files, but ...
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Wine video quality

Have a IPCamera client (Vstarcam Super Client) that is running under wine1.8-i386. The system is Lubuntu 14.04. I can't find intel-linux-graphics-installer_1.0.3_amd64.deb so running under stock (in ...
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How do I get RMS Express to work in Wine/Ubuntu14.04

RMS Express is a free application from Winlink 2000 used in ham radio. It runs in XP and up. I have installed it under Wine 1.7 but components of the application do not run. Research shows it ...
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After installing both wine and mono, I am still having an issue running a .exe in linux

I am trying to install the game Orcish Inn. I installed wine a while back and after trying to run OrcishInnLauncher.exe with wine, it said that I needed to install mono in order to run .NET ...
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How can a file be dropped into a Wine window?

I'm trying to open a file in the program GXSCC. This program is designed to open files that are dropped into its window. How can I do this with the program running in Wine on Ubuntu? When I try to ...
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Ubuntu 15.04 PlayOnLinux Evernote can't edit notes

Just installed Ubuntu 15.04 (yes, I know that I'm a slowpoke). On Ubuntu 14.10 I was using Evernote via POL and everything was OK. Now I have a weird problem. Everything is synced. I can see a list ...
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Game isn't running full screen Wine

I installed Ubuntu and Need For Speed Most Wanted using PlayOnLinux Wine version 1.6.2 I chose my screen resolution (1280x1024) in game and winecfg but when i'm playing window is leaving a gap on ...
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Installing Solidworks 2015 on Ubuntu 15.04 with wine

I am trying to install SolidWorks 2015 on Ubuntu 15.04 with wine 1.6, and it seems to run the installer, but when the installer opens, what looks like a windows warning box pops up with no content. If ...
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Wine installation problem Ubuntu14.04 64bit

I am having trouble installing wine in Ubuntu 14.04, 64-bit. Here is what i have tried. 1) Terminal sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa -y sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install wine ...
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Can I get my Super Advantage Controller (SNES controller) to work for more games?

Right now my controller only works for Spelunky Classic (via wine) and I'm trying to get it to work for Spelunky HD aka. Spelunky World. lsusb lists it as Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0e8f:3013 ...
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Kubuntu - unable to open remote files with wine

On Kubuntu 15.04 (and on Linux Mint 17.2 KDE) I am unable to open files from remote shares with wine. It seems Dolphin downloads the file first to a temporary directory and tries to open it from there,...
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WINE - Installed Aion 4.7.1, Graphics not working & buggy text?

So I got Aion to work finally after creating a new 32 bit wineprefix. I installed all the components on the WineHQ page for Aion. But after launching the game and making it to the login screen, nearly ...
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Starting specific program (via wine) in different language

I have a program that i am trying to run in Hebrew and have not been successful for a long time. On the file properties under"Command" it says {env WINEPREFIX="/home/yehoshua/.wine" wine C:\\DBS\\...
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Is Grasshopper for Rhino also running in Ubuntu?

Does anybody got to run Grasshopper for Rhino 5 1? Could you please share some info about how to install it? 1 Grasshopper – algorithmic modeling for Rhino
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Apps running with wine looking ugly

I've installed notepad++ with wine. If I run this application it looks like Win95. So now twenty years have past and I would appreciate a look that is a tiny bit more state of the art. I found this ...
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Blank screen error on Unity 5

I installed Unity 5 using PlayOnLinux and wine 1.7.42 and everything went well. But when I open the editor I just got a blank screen. If I click to create a new scene, nothing happens... Picture ...
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Halo Combat Evolved Rendering Issue

I'm trying to run Halo Combat Evolved on my macbook pro running ubuntu using playon linux. It's successfully installed and it plays but the screen is rendered unusably with the a mirror image running ...
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Enable hardware acceleration in WINE

I used WINE to install Bejeweled 3 from my game disk. When I start up, the resolution is set to a low 800x600. https://i.stack.imgur.com/HKWNL.png When I try to increase it I get the following ...
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WINE not working on external monitor

Certain games/applications on WINE work fine on my primary display, but just freeze (display wise) on my external monitor. They still function (ie: arrow keys result in sounds and things) and if I ...
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Help running FightCade application?

I'm new to Ubuntu and trying to get the application FightCade (fightcade.com) up and running. I followed the directions in the readme file, but have run up against a wall: I used the terminal to ...
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Install PlayonLinux

I just installed Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit and enabled the nvidia drivers. Now I am trying to install PlayonLinux but I get the message: nvidia-libopencl1-331 has to be removed before installing ...
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[Wine/PoL]Skyrim cannot properly detect my graphics card

I have an AMD R9-285 and installed the 14.5 driver from AMD. display: :0 screen: 0 OpenGL vendor string: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. OpenGL renderer string: AMD Radeon R9 200 Series OpenGL version ...
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Still can't install wine since Ubuntu 14.04

I have been reading countless questions regarding issues about Wine on 14.04, and despite all that, I still can't install/compile it on my machine. While you do have a lot of duplicate questions about ...
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Wine stopped working

Wine worked yesterday, however I downloaded some updates to the kernel and since then when I try to run Wine, I get error messages. I assume this is related to the kernel update. Anyway to overcome ...
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Teamviewer not remembering Teamviewer account

I'm using Teamviewer for my remote desktop needs. On any Linux version of teamviewer, it uses Wine as a compatibility back-end (presumably so the dev's don't have to support another OS). It works ...
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How to restore wine windows after alt+tab to show desktop

I'm using a program via Wine and everything works great. But every time press alt+tab and select "show desktop" i cannot maximize my wine application again. If i press alt+tab again and select my ...
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Wine: using webcam with Cisco Jabber Video client

I'm trying to use Cisco Jabber Video client (https://www.ciscojabbervideo.com/home) with Wine but I'm unable to get the webcam to work. Steps that I have completed this far: Register an account for ...
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Compiling error checkinstall

Hi I wanna compile my first package (Wine) under Ubuntu (it's also my first day with this OS). I ran ./configure and make, no errors. But when I did checkinstall then I got this back: ================...
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Executing *.exe file from mounted ISO. No permissions

I'm trying to run *.exe file from ISO that I've mounted, but I can't. Wine says "Access denied". Any ideas how to receive permission to run this file?
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Wine - Using Native Icon for Program

When I run a wine program, the icon that is used in the Gnome Dock is the generic wine icon, so when I run Photoshop or League of Legends then the icon is the wine icon. (I'm not talking about the ...
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Saving an excel file on a windows shared folder using wine

I'm not sure if anyone can help with this particular scenario but here goes. I am currently running MS Office 2010 (Home and Business) on Ubuntu 13.10 using PlayOnLinux. I'm able to open excel files ...
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Giving Ubuntu the same ID as Windows

I alternate between Windows and Ubuntu, depending on what program I am using. However, there are some pieces of software that I only have one license to (mostly Windows software that I can run on ...
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Is there a workaround to view Adobe Access (DRM) flash videos on any browser?

Ubuntu 13.04 Google Chrome 31.0.1650.57 (Official Build 235101) OS Linux JavaScript V8 3.21.18.7 Flash 11.9.900.152 When I try to watch xfinitytv shows via streaming (specifically homeland - ...
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make sure that you have the appropriate privileges to create this folder. (0x2) error

Since the last few days WINE is not running well (it worked for me before). When I try to install something(Photoshop/winamp) it says folder 'C:\windows' could not be created make sure that you have ...
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Install java on a wine in a linux terminal server

I have a Windows terminal process (which requires Java). I need to run this in a Linux terminal server (it's an Amazon EC2 instance). I installed Wine, but now I need to install Java. When I try to ...
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Wine Sound Issues (DirectX Games Only)

Title kind of says the issue. Whenever I run an application such as Mari0, which doesn't use DirectX, sound is perfectly fine, but when I run apps such as Runner 2 or LIMBO, which uses DirectX, the ...
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KakaoTalk with Wine

I recently installed KakaoTalk through Wine. Everything installed without a hitch, but the program cannot run. An error dialog pops up with the message "Your system is not supported". Does anyone know ...
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Installing 'wine' triggers a kernel panic, what can I do about this?

I was installing wine with the command sudo aptitude install wine and the computer crashed. When I run sudo dpkg --configure -a, the computer crashes again. What can I do?
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diablo2 window mode using ubuntu script

I have Diablo 2 installed on one of my drives which I would like to run in Ubuntu, but I don't want to have to go through Terminal, every time, to start it up. I was trying to create a shell script ...
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On configuration of serial ports on wine

I have wine 1.6 on Ubuntu 12.04 and I have tried to get PINReader.exe on http://www.eobd2.com/upload/pro/renault-pin-reader-v312.rar to detect serial ports (COM1) automatically. I have created ...
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Wine install: File properties (Detail view) not available in Office 2007

I've installed MS Office 2007 using Wine. The programs run fine, but when I want to open a file from within MSO, I can't see the file properties (Detail View: creation date etc). The columns are all ...
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How to remove GoforFiles from Wine?

GoforFiles is some kind of annoying search engine addition to Windows which likes to install itself. I searched the internet and there are some howto's for windows but it sits in my Wine on Ubuntu ...
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GoG on Linux installation Procedure

I wanted to install GoG on Linux ( http://gogonlinux.com/ ) and as I went through the install process (which is for Ubuntu12.04) and the result is that I have all the files built by python, but no ...
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Timex Device Agent 3.0 does not detect Timex Run Trainer (USB)

I installed Device Agent and it is running with Wine. It lets me login to my account on TrainingPeaks (on the web) but I cannot upload anything since my Timer Run Trainer GPS is not detected by Timex ...
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How do I run Microsoft Explorer 8 plus on Ubuntu?

First off, you should know I'm a Ubuntu newbie who has become passionate since my strangely low-priced Dell computer showed up with Ubuntu loaded on it and it could do almost everything I need from a ...
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