Remind-Me program can't find its data file

**steve169** · February 19th, 2017

I run both Windows 7 and Ubuntu 16.04 on my desktop PC.

WINE is installed in Ubuntu and is working.

I run an appointment calendar program in Windows called Remind-Me.

I've also installed Remind-Me in WINE, and it boots fine.

My goal is to be able to display and edit Remind-Me in both Windows and WINE.

To do this, I must specify in the WINE start-up command line the location of the Remind-Me data file, which in Windows is:

"C:\Users\Stevie\Application Data\Remind-Me\mydata.bdy"

WINE has installed two icons on my Ubuntu desktop: "Remind-Me" and "Remind-Me.lnk."

In the "Remind-Me" icon I have gone to Properties and added the data file location to the command line thus:

env WINEPREFIX="/home/stevie/.wine" wine C:\\Program\ Files\ $x86$\\Remind-Me\\RemindMe.exe "/media/C:\\Users\\Stevie\\Application\ Data\\Roaming\\Remind-Me\\mydata.bdy"

Remind-Me boots but does not display the data from the data file.

Have I entered the data file location in the wrong format?

**uNoubu8a** · February 21st, 2017

Yes, I believe your path to the windows files to be completely wrong.

First we have to ensure that the disk or partition with the Windows files are being mounted. Could you give the output of ls /media/$USER/ from a terminal (I hope that is the correct command, sucks when there is no Linux machine nearby)...

**steve169** · February 21st, 2017

The ls /media/$USER command brought nothing up, only the usual prompt, which in my system is stevie@microsteve:~$

I've already set fstab to mount all my hard drives at boot-up. Windows and Ubuntu are on the same hard drive but in different partitions.

**uNoubu8a** · February 22nd, 2017

Originally Posted by steve169

The ls /media/$USER command brought nothing up, only the usual prompt, which in my system is stevie@microsteve:~$

I've already set fstab to mount all my hard drives at boot-up. Windows and Ubuntu are on the same hard drive but in different partitions.

What is the path to your Windows partition as it isn't showing up under /media ? I assume you can access the parition from a file manager etc? You say you set up fstab to mount automatically, where are you mounting the Windows partition?

**steve169** · February 22nd, 2017

Dear Work-Work:

Re your message "What is the path to your Windows partition as it isn't showing up under /media ? I assume you can access the parition from a file manager etc? You say you set up fstab to mount automatically, where are you mounting the Windows partition?"

1. At start-up Grub 2 gives me the choice of booting either Ubuntu (the default) or Windows 7.

2. I have 3 hard drives; one is solid state. Here are the contents of each drive:

Drive 1 (SSD)

Partition 1: formatted NTSF and contains the Windows 7 operating system (Drive C).

Partition 2: formatted ext4 and contains the Ubuntu 16.04 installation. It is encrypted.

Partition 3: formatted linux swap and contains Ubuntu swap files. It is encrypted.

Partition 4: formatted NTSF and contains Windows data files and a few Ubuntu data files (Drive E).

Drive 2 (standard hard drive)

Partition 1: formatted NTSF and contains Windows data files (Drive G).

Drive 3 (standard hard drive)

Partition 1: formatted NTSF and contains Windows data files (Drive F).

3. Here are the contents of my fstab file:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
# / was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=ef7d3f98-eca1-430e-9cd8-5dc8d3448c6d / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda6 during installation
UUID=3ca1f0c9-12fc-4063-8a89-507dcb429685 none swap sw 0 0
# mount C
UUID=0CE2B73AE2B7273C /media/C ntfs auto 0 0
# mount E
UUID=58BCDBEEBCDBC4A2 /media/E ntfs auto 0 0
# mount F
UUID=2ADBE8A42FE77935 /media/F ntfs auto 0 0
# mount G
UUID=34B6CF29B6CEEA86 /media/G ntfs auto 0 0

**uNoubu8a** · February 22nd, 2017

Ok, so if you do ls /media you see all the drives C through E?

**steve169** · February 22nd, 2017

Re your message: Ok, so if you do ls /media you see all the drives C through E?

Yes. Running ls /media shows drives C:, E:, F: and G: plus any thumb drive I might have plugged in. It also shows stevie, which is my user name in Ubuntu.

**uNoubu8a** · February 23rd, 2017

OK, the format you use here:

In the "Remind-Me" icon I have gone to Properties and added the data file location to the command line thus:

env WINEPREFIX="/home/stevie/.wine" wine C:\\Program\ Files\ $x86$\\Remind-Me\\RemindMe.exe "/media/C:\\Users\\Stevie\\Application\ Data\\Roaming\\Remind-Me\\mydata.bdy"

I am unsure about all of the "\\" in use. In my opinion you can try changing "/media/C:\\Users\\Stevie\\Application\ Data\\Roaming\\Remind-Me\\mydata.bdy" to "/media/C/Users/Stevie/Application/Data/Roaming/Remind-Me/mydata.bdy"

(PS - To check the path open /media/C in Nautilus (File Browser) and follow the path to the mydata.bdy file, hit Ctrl+L and copy the path from Nautilus...)

**steve169** · February 25th, 2017

Dear work-work,

I tried your recommended command line and lots of variants, but nothing worked. Probably this application just won't function in WINE, so I'm throwing in the towel and going to a different application. Many thanks for your efforts.

**uNoubu8a** · February 26th, 2017

Originally Posted by steve169

Dear work-work,

I tried your recommended command line and lots of variants, but nothing worked. Probably this application just won't function in WINE, so I'm throwing in the towel and going to a different application. Many thanks for your efforts.

I am sorry was not of more assistance.