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Windows 8 installation Wine problem?

Asked by Elise Potter

I recently bought the installation disc for Windows 8 (don't hate me, I want to watch netflix), but whenever I click the setup.exe icon it doesn't do anything. When I tried to open it in the archive manager, I got this error:

Archive: /media/UDF Volume/setup.exe
[/media/UDF Volume/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/UDF Volume/setup.exe may be a plain executable, not an archive
zipinfo: cannot find zipfile directory in one of /media/UDF Volume/setup.exe or
          /media/UDF Volume/setup.exe.zip, and cannot find /media/UDF Volume/setup.exe.ZIP, period

...Does anyone know what I can do?

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michael (yellupcm-gmail) said : 		#1

Not answer for your problem. Go to this site for Netflix.

Netflix
http://www.techdrivein.com/2012/11/howto-make-netflix-work-ubuntu1204-ubuntu1210-PPA.html

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Warren Hill (warren-hill) said : 		#2

Wine is a program that will allow some, but not all, windows programs to run on Ubuntu. It is not intended to install a complete OS such as windows 8.

If all you want to do is watch Netflix try the link given above.

If you want Windows 8 however, we won't hate you you have - I use windows sometimes too, there are two options.

1. Either have a separate computer for windows or dual boot

2. Install Windows 8 inside some vitalisation software such as "Virtualbox"

If you decide to go with the link let us know how you get on. I have not tried it myself so would like confirmation that it works before recommending it to another user.

If you need advice setting up a dual boot or visualisation software we will be happy to help.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Wine will not install Windows. You can use Virtualbox for that. Wine is an abstraction layer for DirectX system calls. It is not a PC virtualization software. The link Michael provided will get netflix onto your PC.

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