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Hi,

I'm a new KDE user who has just installed SuSE 9.1. Nice OS.

I am attempting to create links to applications on my desktop and believe that I am doing so improperly. One such application is mIRC which I am running through WINE.

It is my understanding that inorder to use apps through WINE, you much launch through a shell window. SO, what I am doing is creating a link on the desktop such as the following

wine /usr/local/mirc/mirc.exe

and I have the application set to run in a shell window. However, after launching the application successfully, the shell window remains open and has to be minimized. If I close the shell, the application closes. Is there any way to abate this?

I am having the same problem with Netscape 7.0 which I installed from a CD. I am unable to launch the executable from the icon in the /usr/local/netscape window. I have to launch from a shell window. I have attempted to create a link for this too and have the same problem.

Any assistance that can be given is greatly appreciated.

Thanks...

I'll give this a try.

I understand that, but I can't seem to make things like Netscape launch, and I can't make WINE apps launch as "I" think GUI apps should launch.