[SOLVED] Wine C-drive location

[TheDarkMaster]

Hi all,
I've just installed Ubuntu on my pc dual-booting with Windows XP. I'm mainly using Ubuntu now but I've got many applycations on my Windows like Photoshop for which I don't want to boot windows again. I can run them i wine but then they are missing files installed on my Original c-drive. I got Ubuntu installed on a 500GB external HDD without making any partitions on that HDD. Does anyone have an idea on how to change the location wine c-drive is on?
When it's possible I don't want to install Photoshop again.

[marshall.robert]

Applications -> Wine -> Configure Wine -> Drives

may i ask where you want to change your drives too? because it may be an idea just to install from the disk without changing anything.

[shifty_powers]

go into your homr directory, press control + h and look for .wine folder.

[marshall.robert]

go into your homr directory, press control + h and look for .wine folder.

even easier than that is Applications -> Wine -> Browse C:\ Drive

[shifty_powers]

really? didn't realise that.... (sarcasm :D)

i know, but it is also useful to know the physical location in the file system...

[janraem2008]

It's in /home/Username/.wine/Drive_C

at least on my PC

Jan

[walkerk]

~/.wine/drive_c

[c_o_c_a_s]

Just type cd ~/.wine/drive_c/ to reach there
Regards

[TheDarkMaster]

Great ideas guys but it still doesn't work. Maybe i didn't explain right.
I've got a computer home on which I had installed Windows XP, then I got an external HDD on which I installed Photoshop. But this also installed some files on the windows c-drive. Now I've installed Ubuntu 8.10 also on that new external HDD. I used wine and tried to run the previously installed Photoshop, but it couldn't run because it couldn't find the right files on the c-drive. Now I want wine to be configured so that it points to my original Windows Xp c-drive so i don't have to boot in Windows for using photoshop. Using the options menu and changing the preferences so it points to the original windows HDD doesn't work I just can't change the location, not even as root.

[shifty_powers]

go into terminal


winecfg

and then go to drives tab.

thats the only thing i can think of.

unless the "options" menu is the above...

[TheDarkMaster]

again thx shift_powers but that's what I ment with the options menu, srry.

[shifty_powers]

ok. well the only suggestion i can make is to visit

http://forum.winehq.org/viewforum.php?f=2&topicdays=0&start=0

and ask on the wine forums...

[walkerk]

post the output of

ls /dev

your windows partition should show up under /dev/disk or /dev/media. as far as pointing wine at that location... dunno.

[Kellemora]

Hi TDM

I can probably save you a lot of reading and trial and error here!

Wine cannot normally SEE outside of it's imaginary Drive_C in the hidden .wine folder. There are exceptions, but not many.

I HATE having .wine in my /home directory because that means when I backup the /home directory, I'm backing up programs instead of Data.

I've tried moving DATA folders outside of .wine onto a DataFiles Partition, and nothing I have tried has worked. So, within .wine on the Drive_C I have a DataFiles folder there, unfortunately Wine does not let you install files from programs where you really would like them to be for some reason.
So it makes backing up DataFiles from programs run in Wine a horrendous task.

I'm a noob too and have not figured any way to ELIMINATE folders from being backed up, or in my case mirrored.
The only option I've found so far is to write a separate program for each file you want to back up or mirror. Which pretty much says, you can't back up /home without the redundant garbage.
There may be a way and I just haven't learned it yet.

From a program in Wine with a link that uses a web browser, I've never had a problem. But attachments for documents, images, etc. I have to go to the Attachments folder from outside of Wine to open them. Even though I've loaded all the necessary programs for them right in Wine on the Drive_C, it just can't seem to find them. I think it was designed primarily for stand alone programs and not much else. And they cannot have any API calls or they won't function!

TTUL
Gary

[TheDarkMaster]

Here is the output of ls/dev:



audio ptyd7 ptytd ram11 tty62 ttyq1 ttyw3
block ptyd8 ptyte ram12 tty63 ttyq2 ttyw4
bus ptyd9 ptytf ram13 tty7 ttyq3 ttyw5
cdrom ptyda ptyu0 ram14 tty8 ttyq4 ttyw6
cdrw ptydb ptyu1 ram15 tty9 ttyq5 ttyw7
char ptydc ptyu2 ram2 ttya0 ttyq6 ttyw8
console ptydd ptyu3 ram3 ttya1 ttyq7 ttyw9
core ptyde ptyu4 ram4 ttya2 ttyq8 ttywa
cpu_dma_latency ptydf ptyu5 ram5 ttya3 ttyq9 ttywb
disk ptye0 ptyu6 ram6 ttya4 ttyqa ttywc
dri ptye1 ptyu7 ram7 ttya5 ttyqb ttywd
dsp ptye2 ptyu8 ram8 ttya6 ttyqc ttywe
dvd ptye3 ptyu9 ram9 ttya7 ttyqd ttywf
dvdrw ptye4 ptyua random ttya8 ttyqe ttyx0
fd ptye5 ptyub rtc ttya9 ttyqf ttyx1
full ptye6 ptyuc rtc0 ttyaa ttyr0 ttyx2
fuse ptye7 ptyud scd0 ttyab ttyr1 ttyx3
hidraw0 ptye8 ptyue sda ttyac ttyr2 ttyx4
hpet ptye9 ptyuf sda1 ttyad ttyr3 ttyx5
initctl ptyea ptyv0 sdb ttyae ttyr4 ttyx6
input ptyeb ptyv1 sdb1 ttyaf ttyr5 ttyx7
kmem ptyec ptyv2 sdc ttyb0 ttyr6 ttyx8
kmsg ptyed ptyv3 sdd ttyb1 ttyr7 ttyx9
log ptyee ptyv4 sde ttyb2 ttyr8 ttyxa
loop0 ptyef ptyv5 sdf ttyb3 ttyr9 ttyxb
loop1 ptyp0 ptyv6 sequencer ttyb4 ttyra ttyxc
loop2 ptyp1 ptyv7 sequencer2 ttyb5 ttyrb ttyxd
loop3 ptyp2 ptyv8 sg0 ttyb6 ttyrc ttyxe
loop4 ptyp3 ptyv9 sg1 ttyb7 ttyrd ttyxf
loop5 ptyp4 ptyva sg2 ttyb8 ttyre ttyy0
loop6 ptyp5 ptyvb sg3 ttyb9 ttyrf ttyy1
loop7 ptyp6 ptyvc sg4 ttyba ttys0 ttyy2
lp0 ptyp7 ptyvd sg5 ttybb ttyS0 ttyy3
MAKEDEV ptyp8 ptyve sg6 ttybc ttys1 ttyy4
mem ptyp9 ptyvf shm ttybd ttyS1 ttyy5
mixer ptypa ptyw0 snapshot ttybe ttys2 ttyy6
net ptypb ptyw1 snd ttybf ttyS2 ttyy7
network_latency ptypc ptyw2 sndstat ttyc0 ttys3 ttyy8
network_throughput ptypd ptyw3 sr0 ttyc1 ttyS3 ttyy9
null ptype ptyw4 stderr ttyc2 ttys4 ttyya
oldmem ptypf ptyw5 stdin ttyc3 ttys5 ttyyb
parport0 ptyq0 ptyw6 stdout ttyc4 ttys6 ttyyc
port ptyq1 ptyw7 tty ttyc5 ttys7 ttyyd
ppp ptyq2 ptyw8 tty0 ttyc6 ttys8 ttyye
psaux ptyq3 ptyw9 tty1 ttyc7 ttys9 ttyyf
ptmx ptyq4 ptywa tty10 ttyc8 ttysa ttyz0
pts ptyq5 ptywb tty11 ttyc9 ttysb ttyz1
ptya0 ptyq6 ptywc tty12 ttyca ttysc ttyz2
ptya1 ptyq7 ptywd tty13 ttycb ttysd ttyz3
ptya2 ptyq8 ptywe tty14 ttycc ttyse ttyz4
ptya3 ptyq9 ptywf tty15 ttycd ttysf ttyz5
ptya4 ptyqa ptyx0 tty16 ttyce ttyt0 ttyz6
ptya5 ptyqb ptyx1 tty17 ttycf ttyt1 ttyz7
ptya6 ptyqc ptyx2 tty18 ttyd0 ttyt2 ttyz8
ptya7 ptyqd ptyx3 tty19 ttyd1 ttyt3 ttyz9
ptya8 ptyqe ptyx4 tty2 ttyd2 ttyt4 ttyza
ptya9 ptyqf ptyx5 tty20 ttyd3 ttyt5 ttyzb
ptyaa ptyr0 ptyx6 tty21 ttyd4 ttyt6 ttyzc
ptyab ptyr1 ptyx7 tty22 ttyd5 ttyt7 ttyzd
ptyac ptyr2 ptyx8 tty23 ttyd6 ttyt8 ttyze
ptyad ptyr3 ptyx9 tty24 ttyd7 ttyt9 ttyzf
ptyae ptyr4 ptyxa tty25 ttyd8 ttyta urandom
ptyaf ptyr5 ptyxb tty26 ttyd9 ttytb usbdev1.1_ep00
ptyb0 ptyr6 ptyxc tty27 ttyda ttytc usbdev1.1_ep81
ptyb1 ptyr7 ptyxd tty28 ttydb ttytd usbdev1.4_ep00
ptyb2 ptyr8 ptyxe tty29 ttydc ttyte usbdev1.4_ep02
ptyb3 ptyr9 ptyxf tty3 ttydd ttytf usbdev1.4_ep81
ptyb4 ptyra ptyy0 tty30 ttyde ttyu0 usbdev2.1_ep00
ptyb5 ptyrb ptyy1 tty31 ttydf ttyu1 usbdev2.1_ep81
ptyb6 ptyrc ptyy2 tty32 ttye0 ttyu2 usbdev2.2_ep00
ptyb7 ptyrd ptyy3 tty33 ttye1 ttyu3 usbdev2.2_ep01
ptyb8 ptyre ptyy4 tty34 ttye2 ttyu4 usbdev2.2_ep82
ptyb9 ptyrf ptyy5 tty35 ttye3 ttyu5 usbdev3.1_ep00
ptyba ptys0 ptyy6 tty36 ttye4 ttyu6 usbdev3.1_ep81
ptybb ptys1 ptyy7 tty37 ttye5 ttyu7 usbdev4.1_ep00
ptybc ptys2 ptyy8 tty38 ttye6 ttyu8 usbdev4.1_ep81
ptybd ptys3 ptyy9 tty39 ttye7 ttyu9 usbdev4.2_ep00
ptybe ptys4 ptyya tty4 ttye8 ttyua usbdev4.2_ep81
ptybf ptys5 ptyyb tty40 ttye9 ttyub usbdev5.1_ep00
ptyc0 ptys6 ptyyc tty41 ttyea ttyuc usbdev5.1_ep81
ptyc1 ptys7 ptyyd tty42 ttyeb ttyud vcs
ptyc2 ptys8 ptyye tty43 ttyec ttyue vcs1
ptyc3 ptys9 ptyyf tty44 ttyed ttyuf vcs2
ptyc4 ptysa ptyz0 tty45 ttyee ttyv0 vcs3
ptyc5 ptysb ptyz1 tty46 ttyef ttyv1 vcs4
ptyc6 ptysc ptyz2 tty47 ttyp0 ttyv2 vcs5
ptyc7 ptysd ptyz3 tty48 ttyp1 ttyv3 vcs6
ptyc8 ptyse ptyz4 tty49 ttyp2 ttyv4 vcs7
ptyc9 ptysf ptyz5 tty5 ttyp3 ttyv5 vcs8
ptyca ptyt0 ptyz6 tty50 ttyp4 ttyv6 vcsa
ptycb ptyt1 ptyz7 tty51 ttyp5 ttyv7 vcsa1
ptycc ptyt2 ptyz8 tty52 ttyp6 ttyv8 vcsa2
ptycd ptyt3 ptyz9 tty53 ttyp7 ttyv9 vcsa3
ptyce ptyt4 ptyza tty54 ttyp8 ttyva vcsa4
ptycf ptyt5 ptyzb tty55 ttyp9 ttyvb vcsa5
ptyd0 ptyt6 ptyzc tty56 ttypa ttyvc vcsa6
ptyd1 ptyt7 ptyzd tty57 ttypb ttyvd vcsa7
ptyd2 ptyt8 ptyze tty58 ttypc ttyve vcsa8
ptyd3 ptyt9 ptyzf tty59 ttypd ttyvf watchdog
ptyd4 ptyta ram0 tty6 ttype ttyw0 xconsole
ptyd5 ptytb ram1 tty60 ttypf ttyw1 zero
ptyd6 ptytc ram10 tty61 ttyq0 ttyw2