http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25370
Summary: Where's Waldo - The Fantastic Journey Demo starts up minimized Product: Wine Version: 1.3.8 Platform: x86 OS/Version: Linux Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: -unknown AssignedTo: wine-bugs@winehq.org ReportedBy: dank@kegel.com
Both the retail DVD and the yahoo games free trial seem to suffer from similar problems. To repeat, do rm -rf ~/.wine sh winetricks ie6 wget http://h.yimg.com/jh/games/download/signed/ludia/yahoo_whereswaldo_tm6-6.exe wine yahoo_whereswaldo_tm6-6.exe
Install the game, then start it. It sets the screen to 800x600, then minimizes itself. You have to play alt tab - tab - tab games to get back to it, after which you can play.
If you try running in a virtual desktop, the game starts minimized, and there is no way to maximize it.
wine start /max doesn't seem to help with the free trial, as the problem binary is launched by a wrapper.