The pest again

[Steven Davies-Morris]

Jeffrey Needle wrote:
> I just downloaded Wine and it installed just fine.  It appears in my
> Applications drop-down menu.
> 
> When I start Wine, I choose "Browse C:\ drive" and it gives me only two
> folders -- Program Files and Windows.  Under Program Files I should have
> hundreds of folders, Common Files and Internet Explorer.  There's no
> starting point for running a WinXP program.
> 
> Am I doing something wrong?  I'm using Wubi's install of Ubuntu with the
> gnome desktop.  Thanks again.

Is this now a dual-boot Ubuntu/WinXP system?  I get the distinct 
impression that you are expecting WINE to magically give you access to 
the "Windows side" of a dual-boot system.  Which is not what it does 
at all.  What it will do is let you run some Windows applications 
under control of its Win32 API compatibility layer (emulation).  But 
you've got to install the apps.  Go here for more about WINE:

<http://www.winehq.org/>
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