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  1. Bug #243390
  2. Comment #18

Comment 18 for bug 243390

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In , Bammzilla-a (bammzilla-a) wrote :

> env WINEPREFIX="/home/bamm/.wine" wine start.exe /Unix %U

I'm using Kubuntu and Mandriva.

Ah, so now I see what you're at. You're solution was to associate it with START not with Word Viewer. So *.doc is still not associated with Word Viewer in Konqueror. Rather, you used the fact that *.doc is associated with Word Viewer in Explorer.

What I want, is for a user to associate extensions to programs in the /same way/ they do for normal Linux programs - that is, you can select a program from the set of existing shortcuts on the applications menu to open it in.

Also, your solution relies on the fact that the installer adds the associations to the Wine registry.

Let's take a look at my other example, IrfanView. By default IrfanView does NOT make any associations in the registry. So associating *.png with "wine start" will not help. Besides, the intuitive approach for any user is to select IrfanView from the menu, and associate it with its Desktop file.

So, I digress. I'm reopening this until Wine itself can correct the paths it sends to the application it runs.