wine users - Sep 2009 - Wine not showing anything in file browser.

I've been trying to work Wine for the past few months now, and I'm just
about to give up because it's been completely useless.  When I go to
"Wine > Browse C: Drive" there are only two folders, "Program
Files" and "windows," both of which are empty.  "Wine >
Programs"  shows only "Accessories > Notepad" and anything
I've tried to configure ("Configure Wine") or install has not
worked.  I have looked around too many websites, pasted numerous lines of code
into Terminal, and found nothing to explain why Wine hates me.

Not half an hour ago I updated to the latest versions of Ubuntu and Wine, and
I'm still having no luck.  The only things I can run, so far as I can tell,
are straight up, single-file .exe programs that require no installation (and
that's a grand total of two applications).

Any ideas?  Need more info / specs to diagnose a problem?  Or should I just give
up?  >.<

HeartOfPandora wrote:
> I've been trying to work Wine for the past few months now, and I'm
just about to give up because it's been completely useless.  When I go to
"Wine > Browse C: Drive" there are only two folders, "Program
Files" and "windows," both of which are empty.  "Wine >
Programs"  shows only "Accessories > Notepad" and anything
I've tried to configure ("Configure Wine") or install has not
worked.  I have looked around too many websites, pasted numerous lines of code
into Terminal, and found nothing to explain why Wine hates me.
> 
> Not half an hour ago I updated to the latest versions of Ubuntu and Wine,
and I'm still having no luck.  The only things I can run, so far as I can
tell, are straight up, single-file .exe programs that require no installation
(and that's a grand total of two applications).
> 
> Any ideas?  Need more info / specs to diagnose a problem?  Or should I just
give up?  >.<

That's too general. Pick a specific program you have been unable to install.
Run the installer from the terminal and post whatever messages appear, including
the command you use to run it.

Also, have you read the FAQ and checked the AppDB for tips on the specific
programs you want to install?