wine users - Jul 2008 - could not load L"c:\\windows\\system32\\--winver.exe":

Trying to run Skillrideinstall.exe.  I have not used Wine before.  Sorry for
this newbie question, I am trying to reduce my ignorance.

could not load L"c:\\windows\\system32\\--winver.exe": Module not
found

devery329 wrote:
> Trying to run Skillrideinstall.exe.  I have not used Wine before.  Sorry
for this newbie question, I am trying to reduce my ignorance.
> 
> could not load L"c:\\windows\\system32\\--winver.exe": Module not
found

What gives your that error?

Wine is giving me this error
error 126
when I check the log I get the previous message

devery329 wrote:
> Wine is giving me this error
> error 126
> when I check the log I get the previous message

What Wine version? What did you run (the exact command please) that gave you
this error?

I installed Debian, etch 4.0, a few days ago.  I am using the Wine package that
was installed with etch, version 0.9.25-2.1
I downloaded the skillrideinstall.exe from a poker playing website.  I started
Wine by right clicking on the skillrideinstall icon on my desktop and selecting
"Open with Wine" from the drop down menu.
The Wine launcher terminal appears and within a few seconds I get this message
in a "wine finished with error" window.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Wine has exited with a failure status of 126.

  Wine is still development software, so there can be many explanations for this
problem.

  You can choose to run Wine again with a higher level of debug messages (the
debug option,       below).

  You can attempt to reconfigure Wine to make it work better.  The Wine
configuration program can assist you in making those changes (select Configure,
below, for more).

  You can disable this message entirely by selecting the Disable option below.

  Wine has captured a log of the Wine output in the file /tmp/wine.log.WG3110.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

If I click on the "view log" button I get this message

  Warning: the specified Windows directory L "c:\\windows" is not
accessible.
  Warning: the specified Windows directory L "c:\\windows\\system32"
is not accessible.
  wine: could not load L"c:\\windows\\system32\\--winver.exe": Module
not found^M

Hope this helps, thanks for your time.

devery329 wrote:
> I am using the Wine package that was installed with etch, version
0.9.25-2.1
> 

That version is very old. Upgrade to at least the stable release, 1.0.0.

OK, that was a pretty old version.  I upgraded to wine 1.0 and the program will
run, but freezes/locks up.  I will start a new post for the new problem.  Thanks
for the help.