cannot execute iexplore.exe when I create a symbolic link to it

Question

I do something like:

$ ln -s '/home/deostroll/.wine/dosdevices/c:/Program Files/Internet Explorer/iexplore.exe' /usr/bin/iexplore

I am expecting that at the shell I can just type the following and expect the Internet explorer browser window to show up:

$ pwd
<where ever>
$ iexplore

But instead I get the following error message:

wine: cannot find L"Z:\\usr\\bin\\iexplore."

What am I doing wrong?

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 18 '11 at 03:41

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That is because you need to create a script (a wrapper of sorts) to make WINE find the .exe correctly.

Here's an example:

An alternative method (if the link still causes issues) is to copy the iexplore.exe file /usr/bin and simply tell the script to point to it:

wine iexplore.exe

A third option would be to point the script directly to the file:

wine /path/to/iexplore.exe

answered Nov 18 '11 at 03:41

RolandiXor

but don't u think that `wine` is implicitly being called since I can see `wine: cannot find L"Z:\\usr\\bin\\iexplore.` as error message! – Vineet Menon Nov 18 '11 at 06:05
A hard link is probably enough. – enzotib Nov 18 '11 at 07:54
@VineetMenon wine isn't being called correctly and probably is being fickle, so it is better to point wine directly to the executable (especially when using the command-line). – RolandiXor Nov 18 '11 at 16:26

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 18 '11 at 03:55

First - remove the link you created, it's no good, then -

You could try this - though i'd probably copy to /usr/local/bin or ~/bin instead

sudo cp /usr/bin/notepad /usr/bin/iexplore

Then either move iexplore.exe to your ~/.wine/drive_c/windows or ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32 folder or do a link to it in either

Ex.

 ln -s '/home/deostroll/.wine/dosdevices/c:/Program Files/Internet Explorer/iexplore.exe' '/home/deostroll/.wine/dosdevices/c:/windows/'

Then the command iexplore should open iexplore.exe (whatever that is

What this does is create a wine wrapper script named iexplore which will run iexplore.exe in wine

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