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I have a dotnet 4.5.2 application, which is just a console application that saves some datafeed into a .txt file. The program depends on some .dll files (private data-connectors, I don't have control over them).

I installed dotnet 4.5.2 via winetricks

winetricks -q dotnet45 corefonts

Now I'm running my application

wine ~/datafeed.exe

and cannot filgure out there it actually saves my .txt files?

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    Everything installed and running with Wine resides in .wine in your Home folder.
    – user589808
    Oct 6, 2016 at 13:55

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Wine's files are stored in /home/user/.wine/drive_c/ by default.

.wine is a hidden folder, so press Ctrl + H in your home folder to show it.

You can select other folders in most programs by browsing to the correct place on your hard drive.

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  • Hi, anonymous2. Thanks! I ve seen this folder, but there are no any files. datafeed.exe has no installer, it's just executable that creates .txt files with data in the same directory, where exe lies Oct 6, 2016 at 14:50
  • @IlyaCherevkov, is there a save dialog?
    – anonymous2
    Oct 6, 2016 at 14:53
  • im working via ssh, wine ~/datafeed.exe doesn't propose to save anything Oct 6, 2016 at 14:55
  • I resolved it, needed to properly install dotnet via GUI. Files are stored in the directory with datafeed.exe itselft btw Oct 6, 2016 at 20:26
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The existing answer in incomplete.

Applications running in wine can store data in the locations specified in ~/.wine/dosdevices.

Those can also be specified graphically. To do so, launch Configure Wine from the dash and switch to the tab Drives. The rest should-be self-explanatory.

By default, there are 2 "drives" (as Windows calls them): c: and z:. c: by default points to ../drive_c which at that location is equal to ~/.wine/drive_c. So if the application running in wine stored its data on drive c:, it's in there.

However, drive z: points to / which is your file system root. This means that by default wine applications can access all files on your system provided wine has the permissions to do so. So (by default) your user permissions.

Anyways, it's likely that the application stored its data on drive c: and therefore in ~/.wine/drive_c but I think the above is worth knowing, especially if you don't find the file you're looking for in ~/.wine/drive_c.

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Files in ubuntu's ~/Documents folder appear under "My Documents" inside wine.

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  • Most helpul answer, thanks!
    – m3rosss
    Apr 23, 2021 at 15:03
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Do this command in your terminal:

winefile

It will open a files manager in a window. Click "C:" to see the Windows directory.

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  • Some context would be helpful. Many people don't like to run a command with no idea what it does. May 15, 2022 at 14:18
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If you, like myself, installed an application that needed to install wine, then .wine would be found under the snap directory of the application common data.

For the example where I installed acrordrdc :

~/snap/acrordrdc/common/.wine
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Shift + Command + G ~/.wine/drive_z

Then you go to the files, etc.

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