First post, so please excuse any errors.
I have this morning just upgraded to OS18, and everything seems to be functioning as it should - apart from WINE.
I have one program - Mailwasher Pro - which does not have a direct equivalent , and it will not now load.
I saw a 'message box' flash up when I first tried to start MW,but it disappeared before I had chance to read it.
There is probably an easy answer to this, but as a novice with Zorin, I gave no idea what it is. Can anyone help - please?
Hi and Welcome.
I don't think WINE apps get covered in respect of upgrades which is tenuously referred to under the heading of third party apps. I also suspect you would need to do a fresh install of 'Windows Application Support'.
Just bear in mind that there have been many posts about WINE not working properly in Zorin 18.
I myself have been playing with WINE on another distro which refuses me the opportunity to install necessary i386 (32-bit) prefixes. This could be the issue you are facing.
Cheers, @swarfendor437 . As this is the first time I have had issues, I am confused - and a bit upset.
Forgive me for being stupid, but how do I do a fresh install of 'Windows Application Support' - as I said, I really am a novice with this - previous update from 16 to 17 went without a hitch.
When you select an .exe file to install a program you should get prompted with a pop-up "Install Windows Application Support" which yo have to do before running the .exe. The wording might be different to what I have stated in the pop-up, but accept the option to proceed. It's been a while as I no longer use Zorin as my daily driver.
Thanks again. The thing is, the program is already installed - i just won't open. I can live without it temporarily, but it is my preferred way of checking for spam before downloading genuine messages to my system, and saves having to check for new messages.
I'll have to have another look later - need to get on with real life.
Welcome to the Forum!
Do You have a Prnt-Key on Your Keyboard? If yes, press it when this ''Message Box'' appears. Pressing the Prnt-Key makes a Screenshot. You can post it here.
I'll try that when I start up from cold tomorrow morning @Ponce-De-Leon .
@Ponce-De-Leon , sorry, I just tried starting MailWasher from a cold restart and unfortunately I didn't get the pop-up window, but it failed to start. Looked in Logs to see if there were any clues, but unfortunately not.
I understand this may be related to i386(32-bit) prefix problems - see @swarfendor437's original reply above.
As I need to contact Zorin support over a totally unrelated issue, I will ask about this one at the same time
Just while I remember - had a reply from support, my general queries got resolved, but I'm not quite sure they fully understood the question about MailWasher and WINE.
Not a major problem, as I can still get all my mail, but not quite in the manner I prefer it.