wineboot performs actions that would normally be done during startup and shutdown on a Windows operating system.
wineboot will automatically update the WINEPREFIX directory after upgrading to a new Wine release.
Also, some applications use system calls to restart the computer. Under wine, they end up calling wineboot.
How to use wineboot
wineboot [options]
List of wineboot options
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Option
Usage
-i
Perform initialization for first Wine instance
-e
End the current session cleanly
-f
Force exit for processes that do not exit cleanly
-k
Kill running processes without any cleanup
-r
Restart only, do not do normal startup operations
-s
Shutdown only, do not reboot
-u
Update the wineprefix directory
Tip
You can combine options together, for example: if you want to execute Wine shutdown, and force exit for processes that do not exit cleanly, you can combine them like this:
wineboot -s -f
wineserver
According to winehq’s Wiki:
wineserver is a daemon process that provides to Wine roughly the same services that the Windows kernel provides on Windows. It is normally launched automatically when starting Wine, so you shouldn’t have to worry about it. In some cases however, it can be useful to start wineserver explicitly.
How to use wineserver
wineboot [options]
List of wineserver commands
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Option
Usage
-d0
Set debug level to 0 (0 means no debugging information)
-d1
Set debug level to 1 (1 is the normal level which is the default value)
-d2
Set debug level to 2 (2 is for extra verbose debugging)
-f
Make the server remain in the foreground for easier debugging
-k
Kill the currently running wineserver
-w
Wait until the currently running wineserver terminates
-p[n]
Specify the wineserver persistence delay
Notes
[n] is the amount of time that the server will keep running when all client processes have terminated. The timeout [n] is in seconds, the default value is 3 seconds.
It is adviced to use the foreground option with the debug option, and you can use them together like this:
The Registry or Windows Registry contains information, settings, options, and other values for programs and hardware installed on all versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems. Registry can be edited on Windows using Regedit.exe
Wine developers created a similar application to the Windows Registry with the same name (Regedit) to do everything Regedit does on Windows, and they also decided to store all of the settings you change in winecfg to the registry aswell.
How Wine stores registry settings
Wine stores registry settings like this:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE » ~/.wine/system.reg
HKEY_CURRENT_USER » ~/.wine/user.reg
HKEY_USERS.Default » ~/.wine/userdef.reg
How to open regedit
Open the terminal, and type this command:
regedit
or
wine regedit
How to import a registry file
Open Regedit as I mentioned before
From Registry menu pick Import Registry File…
Choose the file you want to import, and click Open.
Or:
Open the terminal, and type these commands:
cd [location_of_the_file]
wine regedit [name_of_the_file.reg]
How to export a registry file
Open Regedit as I mentioned before
Explore until you pick the folder containing the registry keys you want to export, then right-click on it, and pick Export…
Type the name of the file in the File name field, and click save.
winefile
winefile is the Wine file manager, with a similar design to early Microsoft Windows explorer.
How to open winefile
You can open Wine File Manager by typing this command in the terminal:
winefile
You can pass winefile either a Unix or Win32 path, for example:
winefile /media
winefile "C:\Program Files"
wine explorer
explorer does one of two things:
Provides an alternative method of starting winefile. Simply put, it accepts parameters similar to the explorer provided by Windows then uses them to call winefile.
Creates a named virtual desktop which programs can run under.
How to open Explorer
Open the terminal, and type this command:,
wine explorer
Explorer can be used to browse the files, and you can open any file if there is an application installed on Wine to open this extension.
wine taskmgr
(Task Manager)
Taskmgr is similar to Task Manager, previously known as Windows Task Manager which is a task manager, and system monitor included with Microsoft Windows systems. It provides information about computer performance and running software, and you can start and stop services, and forcibly terminate processes.
How to open taskmgr
Open the terminal, and type this command:
wine taskmgr
wine uninstaller
(Add/Remove Programs)
uninstaller is a GUI uninstaller for all setup programs that put an uninstall entry in the registry, e.g. InstallShield or the WISE installer. It’s similar in function to Add/Remove Programs in Windows, except much simpler.
How to install an application on Wine
Open the terminal, and type this command:
wine uninstaller
Click Install…
Locate the installation file .msi or .exe and click Open
Follow the Installation Wizard
Notes
You do not need to follow the first 3 steps to open .exe installers, because Wine assign itself to open .exe extension after installing Wine, but you will need to do that with .msi installers.
Installed application can be found at your Linux application menu under Wine —> Programs
How to uninstall an application on Wine
Open the terminal, and type this command:
wine uninstaller
Click on the application you want to uninstall, and click Modify/Remove
Click Uninstall
Notes
If the uninstalled application is still exists at your Linux application menu under Wine » Programs, open your Linux file manager, and go to this location » ~/.local/share/applications/wine/Programs and delete the folder of this program.
wine control
(Control Panel)
control is Wine’s implementation of the Windows Control Panel.
Wine does not currently implement many of the control panel applets (.cpl files) typically found on a Windows system.
How to open Wine Control Panel
Open the terminal, and type this command:
wine control
wine msiexec
MSI files cannot be run directly; you need to use either Wine’s msiexec program or wine start from a terminal:
cmd is command line access into Wine, similar to Windows' cmd.
Once invoked in the terminal (by using ‘wine cmd’), the current directory is displayed using DOS format. The system root is displayed as Z: and normal Unix forward slashes / are replaced by DOS backslashes \. Now, you can use any commands you use on Windows' cmd. You can also use cmd command to run Windows batch file.
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