I downloaded every dependence but it just doesn’t open the login screen, just a ghost window
after trying to do this myself:
Make the prefix directory:
mkdir ~/.wine/prefixes
Create the wine prefix:
WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine/prefixes/msn winecfg
Close the wine configuration window, we just wanted to create the 32-bit prefix
Start the MSN Messenger installer:
WINEPREFIX=~/.wine/prefixes/msn wine start /unix escargot-msn-7.5.0324-en.msi
go through the wizard…
Install 32-bit gnutls, or you won’t get passport working (note: I did this on Arch with multilib support enabled):
sudo pacman -S lib32-gnutls
then finally:
WINEPREFIX=~/.wine/prefixes/msn wine start "C:\\Program Files\\MSN Messenger\\msnmsgr.exe"
hope this helps, was done on Wine 9.14, fonts might be a bit wacky however, from what I did in limited testing.
Man, I for some reason don’t have an MSI file, where can I find it? it’s escargot msn 2009 i’m trying to download
I wasn’t sure what version to use for the example, but you can probably replace the wine start call with another binary.
WINEPREFIX=~/.wine/prefixes/msn wine start /unix escargot-wlm-14.0.8117.0416-en.exe
I only tested 7.5, due to it not relying on PP1.4 login dialogs, which i’ve had problems with in the past.
It says that shellexecuteEx failed because the file was not founded
and, the error itself is not on the setup, it’s when I start msnmsgr, it just appears to be a ghost window not showing login boxes nor nothing
here’s where msn should’ve appeared
7.5 is last version what can be used on linux (wine)
seriously? and soda?
im not a linux user, but that only what i know, 7.5 is last for wine.
oh, ok, thank ya’ll for the help!
is that the installer or the part where you run msnmsgr.exe, if so it’s C:\\Program Files\\Windows Live\\Messenger\\msnmsgr.exe instead.
I’ll try
yeah, I think msn just works on linux on version 7,5
hey, yellow, you have more experience using 7,5 version so, do you know this bug?
it’s an error on the 7.5 setup
“A version of this program is installed that is newer or incompatible with this installation package.”
I’d recommend ZapMessenger for this if it’s in the default prefix, and re-initializing the wineprefix it’s stored in if not.