Hi. I have installed the Image Viewer Irfanview through Wine. My Wine folder is on my desktop, and I would like to move that into another folder. I have tried this, but then whenever I try to open an image/picture through Irfanview, I get an error saying File Not Found. Then if I try to open the Irfanview itself I get an Error saying Path Not Found. So my question is, how can I not have the Wine folder on my Desktop (as in moving it to inside another folder), but still being able to open images in Irfanview? I am using Linux Mint Cinnamon 18.3.

Thanks in advance, for any help given.

If you have moved the Wine folder then all the internal links inside Wine are going to be pointing to the wrong places.

What can irfanview do that standard Linux software cannot, anyway?

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I'd agree with JeremyBoden...why are you using a Windows program for this? There are MANY Linux viewers (gwenview for KDE, EOG for Gnome are two that come immediately to mind), that have features/functionality almost identical to Irfanview.

When going to Linux, it's best to use Linux software, rather than try to get Windows software working in Linux. There's typically no need for Windows software at all these days.

Not sure what is the icon or folder. Find more about what it is maybe?

I chose to use Irfanview simply because it's a program I use a lot, it has many features that I am used to using, The software available in the Menu/Graphics on Linux Mint, do not have many features at all, compared to Irfanview. As for not using Windows programs in Linux, doesn't that make the program Wine a waste of time having?

I apologize Jefro, but I'm not sure what you mean. I have an Irfanview icon in the task bar. The Wine folder which has Irfanview folder in it, is on my desktop.

As said, it's better if you identify what you NEED, rather than just use a Windows program 'just because'. And while you may not have anything installed *NOW* that meets your needs, there are LOTS of program (the two I mentioned, for example), that are just like Irfanview. You can install/try/use any of them, for free. Linux isn't Windows...you can do as you wish. It would be better if you identified the features you need that are lacking from what programs you've already tried, and we can probably tell you one that will meet your needs.

Have you already tried EOG and gwenview???
No, because there are some esoteric programs that ONLY run in Windows. And WINE was written some time ago when there weren't a lot of Linux programs available....now, it's FAR different, and Linux has more software than Windows. In the case of irfanview...any features/functionality it has, is already available in a Linux package. It's a fairly simple image viewer.

Is there any reason why any of the apps listed in the following link wouldn't suit your needs ?

https://alternativeto.net/software/i...platform=linux

Thanks guys, I have installed Xnview MP and it is now my default image software.

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@OP: For future reference when you want to move a .wine folder, consider using a WINE PREFIX. More info at the following link:

https://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#Wineprefixes

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Nice...wasn't even aware of that, thanks.

Just what I was going to recommend.

I've used Gwenview (from KDE) for years and it doesn't come close to XnView MP.
The dikigam plug-ins add functions to Gwenview, but it still isn't as "good" IMHO
as XnView MP.
At one time the plug-ins for Gwenview were available separately, but for a few years now you have to install digiKam to get the plug-ins. Unfortunate move
by the developers, IMO.

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