Hi, I've got two apps from 1990. The disk says they need Windows 3.0. The first app is Clowns, and the second one is the installer. When I run one of them, they act like they can't find their files. The installer gives an error about a missing file, which is in the same dir is the executable itself and Clowns itself misses some graphics, which it also does in real Windows when I can't find some files. Any idea how to fix this? I do not get any special errors from Wine. Thanks in advance, Julius
Julius Schwartzenberg wrote:> Hi, > I've got two apps from 1990. The disk says they need Windows 3.0. The > first app is Clowns, and the second one is the installer. > When I run one of them, they act like they can't find their files. The > installer gives an error about a missing file, which is in the same dir > is the executable itself and Clowns itself misses some graphics, which > it also does in real Windows when I can't find some files. > Any idea how to fix this? I do not get any special errors from Wine.What version of Wine are you using? I seem to remember seeing a patch to Wine about a month or so ago, to make sure to check the executable's directory when searching for files.
Directory pathnames too long? Windows 3.0 could only understand 8.3 directory and file names ... Another possibility, it is looking for pathnames in the old-style Windows INI file, since Windows 3.x had to concept of a registry. david gnome@hawaii.rr.com>Hi, >I've got two apps from 1990. The disk says they need Windows 3.0. The >first app is Clowns, and the second one is the installer. >When I run one of them, they act like they can't find their files. The >installer gives an error about a missing file, which is in the same dir >is the executable itself and Clowns itself misses some graphics, which >it also does in real Windows when I can't find some files. >Any idea how to fix this? I do not get any special errors from Wine. >Thanks in advance, Julius