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Old 09-14-2004, 05:42 PM   #1
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Trouble with Wine and "The Sims"


Why won't my install program for "The Sims" start? It's on a cd, and I chdir to /mnt/cdrom/ and type "wine start.exe", but it just sits there with the hard drive cranking away (for more than fifteen minutes). I also tried "wine notepad" because it is built in, but same thing happens. What's the deal?
 
Old 09-14-2004, 06:03 PM   #2
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nevermind. problem solved!
 
Old 09-15-2004, 05:47 AM   #3
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Could you post the solution so others searching the forums may benefit?
 
Old 09-15-2004, 08:39 AM   #4
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Sure, but it's really simple....

I just wasn't waiting long enough... It seemed alot longer than what it really was.
 
  


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