[Bug 51359] New: Wine does see an exe file unless is has an icon

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Bug ID: 51359
           Summary: Wine does see an exe file unless is has an icon
           Product: Wine
           Version: 6.0.1
          Hardware: x86-64
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
      Distribution: ---

Created attachment 70217
  --> https://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=70217
winetricks GUI

Also affects staging 6.9.

Wine will not find or install any .exe file unless that exe file has a logo,
using the command line:
wine: cannot find L"/mnt/data1/Software/Multimedia/wavelab6/Install/setup.exe"

is returned, using the winetricks GUI the file is not visible.

This occurred on a fresh install of Kubuntu 21.04 and in one instance I was
able to retrieve a back-up copy of the file where wine saw a logo (using the
winetricks GUI) and the program installed.

[Bug 51359] Wine does see an exe file unless is has an icon

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--- Comment #1 from Scott  ---
Continued from above...
The icons are mostly not visible in a file manager but are when using the
winetricks GUI. A properties comparison of two setup files, one local the other
a backup showed they had the same number of bytes.

[Bug 51359] Wine does see an exe file unless is has an icon

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Olivier F. R. Dierick  changed:

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--- Comment #2 from Olivier F. R. Dierick  ---
Hello,

IMO, the icon is a symptom of the issue, not the cause. Wine can only generate
the icon from files it can access. So, if Wine "cannot find" the exe file when
you try to run it, it will not extract the icon either.

This looks like a wineprefix or path issue.

winetricks uses the WINEPREFIX that you tell it to use. Make sure that you use
a WINEPREFIX that has access to the exe file.

Check in winecfg that the path where the exe files are accessible from one of
the A: ... Z: dos drive.

Note that wine may have issue with remote/mounted/symlinked filesystems.

I always copy windows files in a drive_c/ subpath in the wineprefix when I want
to run it, unless it is on a disk/floppy. In the latter case, make sure the
disk/floppy drive has a dos letter assigned to it in winecfg.

"/mnt/data1" looks like a mounted path, so for a workaround, try to copy the
whole installer directory to a temporary directory in your wineprefix drive_c/
and install from there. When the program is installed you can delete the
temporary directory to get the disk space back.

To debug the "cannot find" exe file issue, please attach a WINEDEBUG=+file
debug log. Instructions to get a debug log can be found there:
https://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#get_log

Regards.

[Bug 51359] Wine does see an exe file unless is has an icon

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--- Comment #3 from Scott  ---
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.

[Bug 51359] Wine does see an exe file unless is has an icon

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--- Comment #4 from Olivier F. R. Dierick  ---
Hello,

Did you check if the file contents are identical?

Regards.

[Bug 51359] Wine does see an exe file unless is has an icon

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--- Comment #5 from Scott  ---
As I said the bytes are same and they both work in Windows. I am unaware of how
else to check they are identical.

[Bug 51359] Wine does see an exe file unless is has an icon

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--- Comment #6 from Olivier F. R. Dierick  ---
(In reply to Scott from comment #5)
> As I said the bytes are same and they both work in Windows. I am unaware of
> how else to check they are identical.

cmp -l file1 file2

or

sha256sum file1 file2

[Bug 51359] Wine does see an exe file unless is has an icon

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--- Comment #7 from Scott  ---
It appears this issue is caused by the Nvidia 465 drivers as the issue
disappears when using the Nouveau driver. Further it appears to only affect
some CPUs such as my Ryzen 7 5800X and earlier models such as the 3700X are not
affected. Issue can be closed.

[Bug 51359] Wine does see an exe file unless is has an icon

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Olivier F. R. Dierick  changed:

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--- Comment #8 from Olivier F. R. Dierick  ---
(In reply to Scott from comment #7)
> It appears this issue is caused by the Nvidia 465 drivers as the issue
> disappears when using the Nouveau driver. Further it appears to only affect
> some CPUs such as my Ryzen 7 5800X and earlier models such as the 3700X are
> not affected. Issue can be closed.

Hello,

Thanks for the update.

Marking resolved.

Regards.

[Bug 51359] Wine does see an exe file unless is has an icon

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André H.  changed:

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--- Comment #9 from André H.  ---
closing invalid