How to open Internet Explorer in Wine
 

Hey guys I downloaded and installed Wine and downloaded and installed Internet Explorer in wine, but how in the world do I now open up the Internet Explorer Browser with Wine?

Does anyone know?

Thanks,

d=2

the stadard way of opening (running) any app in wine is:

find out where Explorer.exe is (somewhere under ~/.wine/c_drive or similar) and use the part after 'c_drive' to substitute Path/to/program.exe

Its under wine c:\\Program Files\Internet Explorer but when I run this command in terminal:

[stan@localhost ~]$ wine c:\\Program Files\Internet Explorer
wine: cannot find 'Explorer'
[stan@localhost ~]$ su
Password:
[root@localhost sam]# wine c:\\Program Files\Internet Explorer
wine: cannot find 'Explorer'
[root@localhost stan]#

I do not know what else to do to make it run...

d-1

You can try navigating to the file Internet Explorer.exe (or whatever it's called), right click on it, choose "open with" and select wine. Why is it that you want to run IE anyway? Firefox is very similar, runs quicker, is more customizable and runs on all platforms.

To run Internet Explorer properly, best way is under Crossover Office http://www.codeweavers.com/

You`ll then be able to run Internet Explorer along with lots of other apps:-

Microsoft Word 2000
Word 97 and Word 2000.
Microsoft Excel 2000
Excel 97 and Excel 2000.
Microsoft PowerPoint 2000
Apple QuickTime 6
Macromedia Flash Player 7
MDL Information Systems Chime
Microsoft Word Viewer 97/2000
Microsoft Excel Viewer 97/2000
Microsoft Powerpoint Viewer 97/2000
Macromedia Dreamweaver MX
Macromedia Flash MX
IBM Lotus Notes 6.5.1+
Microsoft Project 2000
Thomson ISI ResearchSoft EndNote 5.0
Microsoft Word 2002 (XP)
Microsoft Excel 2002 (XP)
Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 (XP)
Microsoft Outlook 2000
Microsoft Access 2000
Microsoft Windows Media Player 6.4
Remedy Remedy ARS 5.01
Microsoft Visio 2000
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 and 5.5
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0
Macromedia Shockwave 8.5
Adobe Photoshop 7.0
Adobe Photoshop 6.0
MacKichan Scientific Word 4.10
Intuit Quicken 2002
Intuit Quicken 2003
Intuit Quicken 2004
Microsoft Word 2003
Microsoft Excel 2003
Microsoft PowerPoint 2003
Intuit QuickBooks Pro
Apple iTunes
Adobe Acrobat Reader 5
Avantstar Quick View Plus 7
eFax eFax Messenger 2
Parallel Graphics Cortona VRML Client 4
Ebrary ebrary Reader 2.5
Adobe FrameMaker 7.1
Intuit Quicken 2005
Intuit Quickbooks 2003
Intuit Quickbooks Pro 2002
Intuit QuickBooks Pro 2004

Plus many more

I use it to run Macromedia Dreamweaver, which it does perfectly, I can then test how webpage designs render in various browsers including Internet Explorer without having to boot Windows.

Also, if your interested in running the latest Windows games, check out http://www.transgaming.com/products_linux.php

Hope this info helps,

Mike

I am trying to use a porgram that runs off Active-X and so far Linux does not offer support for it.

d-1

you'll need to put the bit from c:// onward in double quotes like this:

"c://path/to/Internet Explorer.exe" or escape out the spaces with a backslash:
c://path/to/Internet\ Explorer.exe (fist option is easier)

In either case you'll need to give the complete path, including the .exe bit.

Here is what I get, perhaps IE did not install correctly?

d-1

Slight muddle here I think.

Note the double quotes used in the post by Linmix. You need to use them, or an escape character, otherwise the spaces confuse the shell.

So, try;

#wine "c://path/to/Internet Explorer.exe"

Alternatively you can use the wine explorer (not an X one) to find the file and double click on it. For the wine explorer try;

#winefile

I'd really recommend taking a few minutes to read through docs. There's lots of extras to be had!

http://www.winehq.com/site/docs/wineusr-guide/index

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Red

I have tried this what am I missing? Can you give an example?

[stan@localhost ~]$ wine c://path/to/Internet Explorer.exe
wine: cannot find 'Explorer.exe'
[stan@localhost ~]$ wine c://Program Files/Internet Explorer.exe
wine: cannot find 'Explorer.exe'
[stan@localhost ~]$ su
Password:
[root@localhost stan]# wine c://Program Files/Internet Explorer.exe
wine: cannot find 'Explorer.exe'
[root@localhost stan]#

double quotes would be better -> " "

I've just checked my wine install and the exact path on my system for invoking IE6 is:

$ wine "c://Program Files/Internet Explorer/IEXPLORE.EXE

next time you're not sure what command to issue, first browse the directories in search of the exact appname and path. also remember tha if someone tells you to do /path/too app.exe they mean you should indicate the precise location of an app and substitute the example with you personal situation. We can't look into your computer (or maybe we can, but we don't tell ;)) to see the exact name of everything.

hope this helps.