Shortcut Trouble

[Fernando Hernandez]

Hello.

I've been using Kubuntu for a few months, now, and loving it. I'm enjoying WINE, as well, for the few programs I need to run under it have no trouble. However, I recently installed a game and to run the English patch I need to run a file called onscripter.exe. It runs fine if I navigate to the folder and run the .exe file directly, but I can't create a shortcut that properly launches the program.

I've gone into my menu editor and set up a shortcut to the .exe file but all it does is run the busy icon for a few seconds and then stop, as nothing happens. Is there a way around this? It's a pain to have to navigate all the way to the folder to run it, and I'd really like to have a working shortcut in my Kickoff menu.

Oh, and if it involves using the command line, please be as explicit as possible. I'm still something of a n00b when it comes to the terminal, so dumb it down for me as best as you can. :)

[Dark Aspect]

Hello.

I've been using Kubuntu for a few months, now, and loving it. I'm enjoying WINE, as well, for the few programs I need to run under it have no trouble. However, I recently installed a game and to run the English patch I need to run a file called onscripter.exe. It runs fine if I navigate to the folder and run the .exe file directly, but I can't create a shortcut that properly launches the program.

I've gone into my menu editor and set up a shortcut to the .exe file but all it does is run the busy icon for a few seconds and then stop, as nothing happens. Is there a way around this? It's a pain to have to navigate all the way to the folder to run it, and I'd really like to have a working shortcut in my Kickoff menu.

Oh, and if it involves using the command line, please be as explicit as possible. I'm still something of a n00b when it comes to the terminal, so dumb it down for me as best as you can. :)

Yeah it involves command line,

env WINEPREFIX="/home/{USERNAME}/.wine" wine "C:\Program Files\{APP.exe}"

Or if you installed the application in the default wine directory and the above is confusing, you could probably get away with

wine /home/{USERNAME}/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/{APP.exe}