Wine: MS Money 2004 + IE6

[psychosushi]

Ylan Segal Wrote: 
> Yesterday I tried installing MS Money 2004 Deluxe on Dapper (fresh new

> install). I encountered some problems.

> 

> After I installed wine and read the docs, I ran the Money 2004
> setup.exe

> in the cdrom (through wine) and the installer starts. Soon after it

> stops with a message saying that Internet Explorer could not be

> installed and to install it manually from the folder in the cdrom. So
> I

> try to do that (wine ie6setup). No dice. It fails with a message
> saying

> that IE could not be installed. So, I figure that I would try the
> latest

> version of wine and use the instruction on their website to install
> for

> Ubuntu (simple steps) and upgrade to wine 0.9.14. Tried all the steps

> above, but still same results.

> 

> So, I figure that before I can install Money 2004 I need to Install
> IE6.

> I tried to do that by following instructions on the wine website where

> several options available:

> - winetools: Fails to create basic system

> - manual install: ie6 setup downloads the files from Microsoft, but

> cannot install them

> - ie4linux: installs everything and runs ie, however the gui is not
> all

> there, plus it installs in a non-standard directory and the MS Money

> 2004 setup doesn't find the explorer, so it doesn't work for me.

> 

> I tried everything I could think of, twice and got nowhere. Has
> anybody

> been able to install Money 2004 in Dapper? I appreciate the help, it
> is

> a critical app for me.]



No Internet explorer install works in any version of wine greater than
0.9.5 (to the best of my knowledge)


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psychosushi