wine users - Nov 2011 - How to get my applications visible under Programs?

Hello!

I use Mandriva 2010 with wine 1.2.

I got some apps installed under wine and from my start menu I find:
Wine - > Programs -> "SOME_OF_MY_APPS"
...but not all.

For eg to day I instelled Internet Explorer 7 and I can not access from the
start menu.

It seems to get instelled side by side with other apps under "Program
Files"

Is there a way to fix this?

Best regards
Fredrik

I think you can control this through the Wine control panel. Take a look there.

Hello!

Thanks for the reply, but there was no such thing under the control panel that I
accessed like:
wine control

But one strange thing was that I found IE 7 under the control panel, but it is
not able to launch from the start panel.

Best regards
Fredrik

fredand44 wrote:
> For eg to day I instelled Internet Explorer 7 and I can not access from the
start menu.
How did you install it? In either case, see content of these directories:

Code:

$HOME/.config/menus/applications-merged/wine*
$HOME/.local/share/applications/wine
$HOME/.local/share/desktop-directories/wine*




Or you can do it with the menu edit that comes with your window manager
(gnome/kde/etc).

fredand44 wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I found it from my dolphine under:
> /home/fredrik/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Internet Explorer/
> 
> Hope this helps!
> 
> Bets regards
> Fredrik

How do you launch it?

paulckruger wrote:
> I installed ( I think? ) Internet Explorer 7 via WINE from the MS web site.
All seemed to go normally and appeared to successfully install.
Doubt it worked. Install it using winetricks.

vitamin wrote:
> 
> Doubt it worked. Install it using winetricks.

What trick to I use or is that another version of WINE?

paulkruger wrote:
> 
> vitamin wrote:
> > 
> > Doubt it worked. Install it using winetricks.
> 
> 
> What trick to I use or is that another version of WINE?
http://wiki.winehq.org/winetricks

Ok the hidden folders allowed me to find and click the exe.

IE started once. When I opened a tab it quit with an unspecified error.

It will not start any more.  I created a SymLink on desktop but all that happens
is that a blank Wine desktop window opens for a few seconds then closes.

I find in /.wine/windows two IE folders.  ie7 and ie8 both contain executables. 
In the /Program Files folder there is just one, internet explorer folder.

> 
> 
> Which IE version were you trying to use?
> 
> I am not going to assume that you used Winetricks
> (http://wiki.winehq.org/winetricks) to install IE with. 
> 
> 

I did use winetricks as that was the only way I could get it to install.

Earlie I thought I installed ie7 because all indications was that it did
install. Files are there however there is nothing in /Program Files folder.

The did the winetricks to install ie8 which worked (sort of?) because when I
clicked the .exe it launced once then crashed with no specific error.

Now if I try to launch either 7 or 8 the blank wine desktop opens briefly and
closes. Nothing happens and no ie.

( BTW how do I determine the WINE version I have. Just installed the other day
so assumed it was current and no updates show available in the updater )