Using wine 0.9.58 on Ubuntu 8.04 Like an idiot, I tried to install IE7 before doing the research to find that IE6 was more ideal with far fewer problems. So after attempting to install IE7 and failing, I tried to install IE6, but in the terminal I get this response after typing wine ie6setup.exe: Warning: the specified System directory L"C:\\windows\\system32" is not accessible. wine: could not load L"C:\\windows\\system32\\ie6setup.exe": Module not found andrew at andrew-desktop:~$ Warning: the specified System directory L"C:\\windows\\system32" is not accessible. I often (but not always) get an additional pop up box telling me that the install failed because IE7 is already installed. I've tried removing the dir, uninstalling/re-installing wine, and googling the errors, but so far it's a wash. Any suggestion you can offer is very much appreciated :? Andrew
On Saturday April 5 2008 07:41:20 awdoyle wrote:> Using wine 0.9.58 on Ubuntu 8.04 > Like an idiot, I tried to install IE7 before doing the research to find > that IE6 was more ideal with far fewer problems. So after attempting to > install IE7 and failing, I tried to install IE6, but in the terminal I get > this response after typing wine ie6setup.exe: > > Warning: the specified System directory L"C:\\windows\\system32" is not > accessible. wine: could not load L"C:\\windows\\system32\\ie6setup.exe": > Module not found andrew at andrew-desktop:~$ Warning: the specified System > directory L"C:\\windows\\system32" is not accessible. > > I often (but not always) get an additional pop up box telling me that the > install failed because IE7 is already installed. I've tried removing the > dir, uninstalling/re-installing wine, and googling the errors, but so far > it's a wash. Any suggestion you can offer is very much appreciated :? > > AndrewRun this: mv ~/.wine{,.backup} wineprefixcreate Then you will have clean WINE prefix. However, personally I do not recommend to install IE in default WINE prefix. To use another WINE prefix you need to run this: export WINEPREFIX=~/.wine.ie6 wineprefixcreate Then you can run wine to install IE or anything you want in this WINE prefix. Just remember to set proper WINEPREFIX environment value to actually use it. Of course you can create launch icons on your desktop, aliases, etc. with this WINEPREFIX in order to run Windows programs (installed within it) quickly, without typing each time command in a terminal to export WINEPREFIX.
Sorry for the delayed response. Ubuntu's updates caused my comp to fail booting (twice), but Kubuntu seems to be working alright. On the upside, the new install of WINE is unspoiled by IE7. L. Rahyen: Thank you for the helpful reply. I'm still treading water with the command line and WINE though, so I have a couple questions. After running: export WINEPREFIX=~/.wine.ie6 wineprefixcreate in the terminal, what is the best way to run ie6setup.exe so that it puts the IE6 files into the .wine.ie6 prefix. Just cd to the directory and run "wine ie6setup.exe" while there? austin987: Actually I'm not testing IE or even tied to the browser - it's the way Outlook Express "syncs" with hotmail accounts and deletes mail online when you delete it in the inbox. Other mail clients just don't seem to offer that, and OE only comes with IE. Thank you again for the helpful replies.
Hmm, odd. The error is the same. On a fresh install of Kubuntu 8.04, WINE v 0.9.58, amd64 system. After I create a separate WINEPREFIX, cd into the directory, and run 'wine ie6setup.exe', it returns this feedback in the terminal: fixme:advapi:CheckTokenMembership ((nil) 0x125408 0x33fd78) stub! fixme:advapi:DecryptFileA "C:\\windows\\temp\\IXP000.TMP\\" 00000000 fixme:cursor:CURSORICON_LoadFromFile No support for .ani cursors. fixme:advpack:set_ldids Need to support changing paths - default will be used fixme:advpack:set_ldids Need to support changing paths - default will be used fixme:advpack:NeedReboot (0): stub Then I get a popup labeled Windows Update Setup, saying: Setup has detected a newer version of Internet Explorer already installed on this system. Setup cannot continue. I don't have a clue what the fixme script is referring to, but the popup is wierd. I dual boot with winxp. Do you think it's referring to my existing IE7 files on the windows side? That wouldn't make sense.. .