Comment 4 for bug 664751

env WINEPREFIX="/home/sbovino/.wine" wine
C:\\windows\\command\\start.exe /Unix
/home/sbovino/.wine/dosdevices/c:/users/sbovino/Start\ Menu/Programs/Microsoft\
Office/Microsoft\ Office\ Word\ 2007.lnk

I ran the above string in terminal. It launched. I
ran it under Gnomenu, it launched. I ran in the
Gnome menu (alt-f1) it launched. When I run it off
the mintmenu I get the "file not found" message.
Here is the mintmenu output from terminal.

mintMenu.py:6084): WARNING **: Binding
'<Control>Super_L' failed!

running manually...
fixme:exec:SHELL_execute flags ignored: 0x00000100
Application could not be started, or no application
associated with the specified file.
ShellExecuteEx failed: Success

I can run other Windows program from mintmenu
although I don't have IE installed. This happens
with Office 2003 and 2007.

>------- Original Message -------
>From : Clement Lefebvre[mailto:<email address hidden>]
>Sent : 10/26/2010 10:30:49 AM
>To : <email address hidden>
>Cc :
>Subject : RE: [Bug 664751] Re: [mintmenu] not
launching MS Office properly
>
 >With the exec string below, mintmenu manages to
launch Internet Explorer
without any problem:

env WINEPREFIX="/home/clem/.wine" wine
C:\\windows\\command\\start.exe
/Unix /home/clem/.wine/dosdevices/c:/Program\
Files/Internet\
Explorer/iexplore.exe

Could there be something wrong with Office itself?

Can you do the following:

- Add the Gnome menu to your panel and try to run
Office from there to see if it works.
- Open a terminal and type the string below, to see
if it launches Office:

env WINEPREFIX="/home/sbovino/.wine" wine
C:\\windows\\command\\start.exe /Unix
/home/sbovino/.wine/dosdevices/c:/users/sbovino/Start\
Menu/Programs/Microsoft\ Office/Microsoft\ Office\
Word\ 2003.lnk

** Changed in: linuxmint
       Status: Confirmed => Incomplete

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[mintmenu] not launching MS Office properly
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Status in The Linux Mint Distribution: Incomplete

Bug description:
I am using the RC 64 bit version. I have attempted
to install MS Office 2003 and 2007 using Wine. The
applications install but the menuitems on mintmenu do
not work. When you attempt to launch an applicaiton
you get an error message in a small dialog box, "File
not found". If you copy the property of the menu
item and place it into a desktop launcher, the
applicaiton will execute properly. I have only noted
this behavior so far for MS Office. Other Windows
apps install correctly on the mintmenu. Here is one
such example from MS Office that fails:

  env WINEPREFIX="/home/sbovino/.wine" wine
C:\\windows\\command\\start.exe /Unix
/home/sbovino/.wine/dosdevices/c:/users/sbovino/Start\ Menu/Programs/Microsoft\
Office/Microsoft\ Office\ Word\ 2003.lnk

This above string will work correctly when placed in
a desktop launcher, yet fails when run off of the
installed mintmenu menu item listed under wine.

Both versions of Windows office deploy properly on
Ubuntu version 10 menu system. This bug can be
easily and regularly reproduced.

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