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can't install an app from cd because exe protect

Asked by kevin hagen

I'm trying install a game from an Iso image of a windows game using wine. The problem i get is I'm running Ubuntu 10.10 an it shut the .exe files down. When i try to change the permission it says it can't. So I was wondering is there a way around so I can install the software?

system info Ubuntu 10.10, 4 gb of memory, 1 tb of hard drive space , 4 core 3.20 Pentium D and Nivida 9600 oc card

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

Kevin,

Use wine from command line "$ wine /path/to/cdrom/PROGRAM.EXE" and it will bypass the nautilus permission issue.

Good luck,
George

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kevin hagen (khagen1055) said : 		#2

Thank you for answering so quick