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Finding program or restarting programs

Asked by simonleech

 Hi, folks i am a newbie to ubuntu , i installed a windows program called turbocash with a program called wine. Worked well after it was installed but i can't find it on the application meun ,

 My Q is How do i find programs or restart turbo cash ?

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Danny Staple (danny-orionrobots) said : 		#1

My recommendation is to first try locate. Locate is a command line tool to find any files on the system with a particular file pattern, based upon an index database. Command line tools need to be run from a terminal emulator - eg Applications->Accessories->Terminal.

If you have installed it more than one day ago then it will have already been indexed, otherwise, perform "sudo updatedb" and wait for that to finish first. It is likely that this operation will require your password.

Then try "locate turbocash", and it should show you where the file may be on your file system.

Once you find the .exe file, you probably want to then use the menu editor application in Ubuntu (applications->accessories->A La Carte) to add an item in, with a command similar to:
"wine -- /path/to/turbocash.exe"

Remember to substitute /path/to/turbocash.exe for the actual path you found using locate.

It would be nice for applications in wine that want to install stuff to the start menu to be re-routed to the applications menu using a .desktop file. Maybe some wine developer can take note on that.

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