https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52786 Bug ID: 52786 Summary: "wine cmd.exe /c [any command which outputs text]" returns zero length text Product: Wine Version: 7.5 Hardware: x86-64 OS: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: cmd Assignee: wine-bugs(a)winehq.org Reporter: bill2allison(a)yahoo.co.uk Distribution: --- Works correctly only when executed from a terminal (xterm etc) Fails when wine is invoked (directly or by another program such as winetricks) from desktop menu or launcher or a .desktop file. MY ENVIRONMENT -------------- OpenSUSE Tumbleweed KDE/Plasma Wine 7.5 TO REPRODUCE ------------ 1) From the desktop launcher run wine cmd.exe /c echo 'hello' > ~/test.txt Each time it is run, the test.txt timestamp is updated but the file remains empty 2) From the desktop launcher run winetricks --gui Displays info then error message 'wine cmd.exe /c echo '%AppData%' returned empty string, error message "" ' 3) Issue test 1 above in xterm or similar then test.txt contains "hello" 4) Issue test 2 above in xterm or similar then winetricks starts and runs normally WORKAROUND ---------- Include terminal=true in affected .desktop files and menu configs or start those programs from within a terminal -- Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.