Re: Watching a National Geographic cd in Ubuntu 12.04

> What do you mean with "Delete the wineprefix and start over"?

http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#head-8a17a13a8a4cda9e12e24a1ad4e1b1aaf043d581

> The key file to intall the cd is Instalar.exe.
> If I double click on it I get a text box saying "File not found"
> If I launh it in the terminal as a normal user, I get:
> jleite@jleite1:/media/Antigo/CD1$ instalar.exe
> instalar.exe: command not found
>
> jleite@jleite1:/media/Antigo/CD1$ instalar
> instalar: command not found
>
> jleite@jleite1:/media/Antigo/CD1$ wine instalar.exe

This is the right command but since you originally ran as sudo/root
you messed up your prefix.

> err:process:init_windows_dirs directory L"C:\\windows" could not be created, error 2
> err:process:init_windows_dirs directory L"C:\\windows\\system32" could not be created, error 3
> err:process:init_windows_dirs directory L"C:\\windows" could not be created, error 2
> err:process:init_windows_dirs directory L"C:\\windows\\system32" could not be created, error 3
> err:wineboot:main Cannot set the dir to L"C:\\windows" (2)
> err:wineboot:ProcessRunKeys Error running cmd L"C:\\windows\\system32\\winemenubuilder.exe -a -r" (2)
> err:process:init_windows_dirs directory L"C:\\windows" could not be created, error 2
> err:process:init_windows_dirs directory L"C:\\windows\\system32" could not be created, error 3
> fixme:service:scmdatabase_autostart_services Auto-start service L"MountMgr" failed to start: 2
> fixme:service:scmdatabase_autostart_services Auto-start service L"PlugPlay" failed to start: 2
> wine: cannot find L"unix\\media\\Antigo\\CD1\\instalar.exe"
>
> but if I launch it as root all goes well and everything is installed but the vbrun60sp6.exe and wmpcdcs8.exe.
>
Do not do that.

John