http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30797
Bug #: 30797 Summary: wine(1) man page should mention running built-in programs like explorer.exe Product: Wine Version: 1.4 Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: minor Priority: P2 Component: -unknown AssignedTo: wine-bugs@winehq.org ReportedBy: info@skierpage.com Classification: Unclassified
It's not obvious how to try out or get started with Wine. The command-line only says Usage: wine PROGRAM [ARGUMENTS...] Run the specified program
But a stock wine configuration (created by wine 1.4 in Kubuntu amd64 12.04) has Wine Explorer. You can enter the command wine explorer.exe
and you're running a Windows executable in wine and you can explore Wine's default directory layout, etc.
The wine(1) man page should mention this and even suggest it as a form of troubleshooting, and a way to navigate to programs installed in Wine like notepad, winmine, etc.
I suggest adding something like the following as the second line under "PROGRAM/ARGUMENTS":
Wine's default configuration includes several Windows-format executables, so for example you can just enter wine explorer.exe to run the Wine Explorer program from Wine's implementation of the C:\windows\system32 directory.