Wine and WineBottler not working. How do I fix it?

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Wine and WineBottler not working. How do I fix it?

Hello, everyone. A few months ago I downloaded Wine so that I could run Windows files and applications on my computer. However, recently, it's not working. No matter how many times I tell Wine to run the file, nothing happens. X11 doesn't start or anything. I've even tried uninstalling and reinstalling Wine to see if that worked but it didn't. Could someone tell me what to do so that it works again? Any help provided will be appreciated. Thank you.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Feb 20, 2013 8:03 PM

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Feb 21, 2013 1:50 PM in response to Arturo166

lol, I know it blows, but sometimes you need to stop trying to run emulators for such needs and actually run the respective OS you need. Wine or X11 will not run 100% of all Windows based programs, so you can't expect it to run everything. If you find yourself needing better Windows support, then I suggest something like Parallels 8 and a copy of Windows as a VM alongside OSX. Much more reliable solution.

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Feb 21, 2013 3:43 PM in response to SwankPeRFection

Well, it appears it's started to work again. But still, I guess I can't really use it for everything. At least I know I can trust it to run .exe programs. Thanks anyway!

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