wine users - Mar 2010 - New to Ubuntu & Wine...What is the 1st thing I need to do?

Hello,
I've been a windows user since 3.1 (1993 or so). I've downloaded Ubuntu
9.10 and installed Wine from synaptic and upgraded.
Wine version shows 1.1.40. I'm not familiar with command lines, just point
and click so I'm sure this will be a struggle for me. What do I do now to
make windows programs work? What is the first step to do? I've tried
"help" and the instructions are Greek to me. Be honest, if this
isn't for a computer illiterate just say so, I won't be offended.
Thank you for your time...
Captain_MDS

Captain_MDS wrote:
> What do I do now to make windows programs work? What is the first step to
do?
Start here: http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ

Thanks for the reply...do I go to the C: file system to find the program to
install?

On 12 March 2010 05:08, Captain_MDS <wineforum-user at winehq.org>
wrote:
> Hello,
> I've been a windows user since 3.1 (1993 or so). I've downloaded
Ubuntu 9.10 and installed Wine from synaptic and upgraded.
> Wine version shows 1.1.40. I'm not familiar with command lines, just
point and click so I'm sure this will be a struggle for me. What do I do now
to make windows programs work? What is the first step to do? I've tried
"help" and the instructions are Greek to me. Be honest, if this
isn't for a computer illiterate just say so, I won't be offended.
> Thank you for your time...
> Captain_MDS
>
>
>
What specific Windows software do you need to use? Usually, you can
just click the .exe and see if it will install. If there is a problem
you can contact the developer of the software and ask if Wine is a
supported platform (just like they support other Windows
implementations, such as 2000, ME, and XP).

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Captain_MDS wrote:
> Thanks for the reply...do I go to the C: file system to find the program to
install?
http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#head-312130506d4585c973df1d88538b11945193c41d