[EdLUG] Wine

[Jeremy Nicoll]

On Sun, 12 May 2024, at 10:14, Andrew Ramage wrote:
> I have 2 install files for Windows downloaded.  When I try to execute them,
> they pop up a window asking for the device to install on.  The drop down
> list is empty and I cannot type in the text boxd on the window.  How do I
> get the files installed ?

Dunno.  What ae you trying to install?

Are you trying to install Windows itself, (I suppose not, if WINE is involved)
or applications designed to run under Windows?

Is the pop-up window coming from one of those installers, or from Wine?

I can't think of any installer that I've run from/under Windows that uses a
drop-down menu to ask where something should be placed.  They
normally just ask for the path to a directory.

Installers for Windows applications are sometimes not needed (under
Windows, I mean).  Some authors provide "portable" versions which 
are merely zipped up collections of files that one can place where 
one wants, if one knows how to, set up one's own shortcuts if one 
needs them etc.

There's also "Portable Apps" which are something different, but as
(under Windows) those install as standalone programs (which could
be put on a USB stick ... but in my case I put them on an SSD but 
outwith the normal Windows directories) and it's possible those 
would work better under Wine as they're already designed not to 
be in standard Windows locations.

It's worth hunting for the simpler option, if it exists.

-- 
Jeremy Nicoll - my opinions are my own.