wine users - Oct 2008 - Wine Won't load - New to Linux, was initially impressed :-(

I have recently switched to Ubuntu 8.04. And being a user that still needs the
functionality of MS Office, I attempted to install Office 2007 by following the
instructions @

http://samanathon.com/how-to-install-microsoft-office-2007-in-ubuntu-804/ 

And during the setup I fear that I have misinterpreted something as I now
can't even get to the Wine configuration menu.

I Have tried removing it completely, and then reinstalling it only to get the
same problem. I'm at a loss, can anyone offer any help??

When I try to run Winecfg from the terminal, I get the following message:

~$ winecfg
err:module:import_dll Library rpcrt4.dll (which is needed by
L"C:\\windows\\system32\\services.exe") not found
err:module:LdrInitializeThunk Main exe initialization for
L"C:\\windows\\system32\\services.exe" failed, status c0000135
err:wineboot:start_services_process Unexpected termination of services.exe -
exit code -1073741515
err:module:import_dll Library rpcrt4.dll (which is needed by
L"C:\\windows\\system32\\ole32.dll") not found
err:module:import_dll Library ole32.dll (which is needed by
L"C:\\windows\\system32\\winecfg.exe") not found
err:module:LdrInitializeThunk Main exe initialization for
L"C:\\windows\\system32\\winecfg.exe" failed, status c0000135


Please help, I don't want to to have to revert to XP, oh I couldn't get
Office installed either. But Wine is the priority!

Thanks.

On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 2:16 PM, benwaltersuk <wineforum-user at
winehq.org> wrote:
> I have recently switched to Ubuntu 8.04. And being a user that still needs
the functionality of MS Office, I attempted to install Office 2007 by following
the instructions @
>
> http://samanathon.com/how-to-install-microsoft-office-2007-in-ubuntu-804/
>
> And during the setup I fear that I have misinterpreted something as I now
can't even get to the Wine configuration menu.
>
> I Have tried removing it completely, and then reinstalling it only to get
the same problem. I'm at a loss, can anyone offer any help??
>
> When I try to run Winecfg from the terminal, I get the following message:
>
> ~$ winecfg
> err:module:import_dll Library rpcrt4.dll (which is needed by
L"C:\\windows\\system32\\services.exe") not found
> err:module:LdrInitializeThunk Main exe initialization for
L"C:\\windows\\system32\\services.exe" failed, status c0000135
> err:wineboot:start_services_process Unexpected termination of services.exe
- exit code -1073741515
> err:module:import_dll Library rpcrt4.dll (which is needed by
L"C:\\windows\\system32\\ole32.dll") not found
> err:module:import_dll Library ole32.dll (which is needed by
L"C:\\windows\\system32\\winecfg.exe") not found
> err:module:LdrInitializeThunk Main exe initialization for
L"C:\\windows\\system32\\winecfg.exe" failed, status c0000135
>
>
> Please help, I don't want to to have to revert to XP, oh I couldn't
get Office installed either. But Wine is the priority!
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
>
>
>
Ignore those instructions, they are old and outdated. If you haven't
already, upgrade to wine 1.1.5.

Remove ~/.wine so that you can start from scratch.

Run winecfg. Set riched20 to native (don't install a native one, just
set it here, office installs its own).

Install as normal.

Thanks for that, seemed to do the trick for Wine, however, when I try to run the
installation file, I get the message that installation could not be completed, I
then get the option to inform Microsoft.

The only thing I have done is alter the settings for riched20, is there anything
else I need to do?

Perhaps a guide somewhere?

Thanks.

The version of wine is 1.1.5.