https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51359
--- Comment #3 from Scott shagooserver@gmail.com --- I have followed your advice and created a debug log but it contains nothing more that I detailed in my opening comment, that being: wine: cannot find L"/mnt/data1/Software/Multimedia/wavelab6/Install/setup.exe"
It appears that I have not explained fully the chain of events that occurred: 1/attempt to install exe file - unsuccessful 2/rename the exe file to exe1 3/copy a backup of the exe file to the same directory as the renamed exe1 file 4/install the program successfully using the new exe file
Subsequent to successful program installation: a/compare file properties yo ensure they had the same number of bytes (which they did) b/checked permission state on each exe file c/further check the integrity of the original exe file by successfully executing it in Windows
By virtue of the fact I am executing the same file(s) with the same permissions from the same location to the same prefix with exactly the same command and the backup copy of the file installs correctly would tend to suggest it is not a wine prefix or path issue.
If I right click on the exe file and open with Window Program Loader it is found and started.
There is something wrong or inconsistent with the way wine is reading or not reading windows installation exe files. I know the file (exe1) is complete because it installs in windows and shows it's icon and starts execution from the file manager in Linux (though it does not complete as would be expected).
I did an incomplete search of other installation exe files using the winetricks GUI and found a couple more instances of non visible (and presumably not findable by wine) exe files.