Is your patch allowing the run of .bat files by wine itself, or only a W-process ? When I try it on command line I have this : [syl(a)snoop cygwin]$ wine cygwin.bat --debugmsg +process trace:process:PROCESS_InitWine starting process name="" file=(nil) argv[0]="cygwin.bat" trace:process:find_exe_file looking for "cygwin.bat" trace:process:find_exe_file Trying built-in exe "C:\\cygwin\\cygwin.bat" trace:process:find_exe_file Trying native exe "C:\\cygwin\\cygwin.bat" wine: cannot determine executable type for 'C:\cygwin\cygwin.bat' [syl(a)snoop cygwin]$ cat cygwin.bat @echo off C: chdir \cygwin\bin bash --login -i ===== Sylvain Petreolle spetreolle(a)users.sourceforge.net Fight against Spam ! http://www.euro.cauce.org/en/index.html ICQ #170597259 "Don't think you are. Know you are." Morpheus in Matrix, chapter 15. ___________________________________________________________ Soyez solidaire soutenez laction du Téléthon avec Yahoo! France. http://www1.telethon.fr/030-Espace-Relais-Dons/webtirelire1.asp?hebergeur_id...