WHComp wrote:> Hello, I am new to Linux and just downloaded WINE to play the original RED
ALERT. It doesn't seem like it should be that hard but here is what is
happening.
>
> I have the game unpacked to a file on my hard drive.
> So, I right click on the autorun.exe and run it with the WINE Application.
> I get the Red Alert startup page but when I click proceed I get an error:
>
> Z:\automenu.exe
> There is no application associated with the given file name extension
>
> There is no Z: on the computer so how to I get the autorun to find the
automenu.exe file on the hard drive.
>
> I also tried to run the automenu.exe file directly but get an error saying
>
> Unable to locate the necessary files
> Please run setup.exe from the disk
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
automenu is designed to be run from the disk. find setup.exe and run that as it
says.
Also, Red Alert is for Windows 95 and you may have to set winecfg to that to
make it run. I forget.