[ubuntu-uk] Running .exe's off a CD?

[Liam Wilson]

On 5 May 2010 21:38, Jonathon Fernyhough <j.fernyhough at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 5 May 2010 21:33, Alan Pope <alan at popey.com> wrote:
> > On 5 May 2010 21:30, Liam Wilson <liamwilson93 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Thing is, I can't mark it as executable, as it's on a CD, so now, 2
> things:
> >> 1) Why am I being blocked from running .exe's on my computer?
> >
> > So you dont accidentally run "virus.exe". It makes it more of an
> > intentional thing to execute the program.
> >
>
I didn't think "virus.exe" would have much effect on an Ubuntu PC,
regardless of whether it was using Wine or not, but thanks for pointing that
out anyway. :)

> >> 2) How do I work around this?
> >
> > Copy the contents to the hard disk, run it from there?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Al.
> >
>
> You could also run it from a terminal with e.g.
> $ cd /media/CDROMLABEL
> $ wine ./game.exe
>
> Yeah, that worked great! Thanks!

> Jonathon
>
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