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problem regarding .exe files

Asked by Punnsa

sir i am having dell vostro 1510 laptop with ubuntu 9.10, when i click any exe setup file whether it is a game or any thing else it shows the following error-:

Archive: /media/Games & study/Age of Empires III 3in1/setup.exe
[/media/Games & study/Age of Empires III 3in1/setup.exe]
  End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not
  a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the
  latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on
  the last disk(s) of this archive.
note: /media/Games & study/Age of Empires III 3in1/setup.exe may be a plain executable, not an archive
zipinfo: cannot find zipfile directory in one of /media/Games & study/Age of Empires III 3in1/setup.exe or
          /media/Games & study/Age of Empires III 3in1/setup.exe.zip, and cannot find /media/Games & study/Age of Empires III 3in1/setup.exe.ZIP, period.

this a game setup and the same problem is with other .exe format files please tell me how to get rid of this problem.
  thanks

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George Standish (george-standish-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#1

Punnsa,

EXE files are not native to linux, they are made for Microsoft operating systems. You can use a program called wine to run some, but certainly not all, Windows programs on linux.

Start by installing wine on your system. In Ubuntu software center if you search for wine you should get a result "Wine Microsoft Windows Compatibility Layer."

You may want to search for the program you are installing first at http://appdb.winehq.org/ and see the rating for program as well as any specific installation requirements/directions.

From a terminal you can try installing EXE file by entering "wine PROGRAMNAME.EXE" which should bring up the install as it would appear in Windows.

Best of luck,
George

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