<div class="gmail_quote"> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I have some apps without a Linux version around and need to run them in WINE. They seem to run mostly ok but they don't show up on the task bar... and if I minimize it I can't Atl+TAB and get it back, though ps -aux shows it's there and running. Anyone know what to do to fix this? </blockquote></div> I have never had much luck with Wine in running non-Linux applications - there seems to be far too much fiddling about to do. I use Crossover Linux (the commercial arm of Wine) where everything I need works out of the box.  My Applications menu has an entry for Crossover and when non-Linux applications are installed the appropriate names of those programmes also appear on the Applications menu. While this information may not help you in solving your present problem directly, I have provided it for your consideration.