If correct, the Windows application will open up. You can also run the below command in Terminal to check if your file path is correct or not. Add wine in the beginning and thereafter space and the file path under inverted commas.

Finally, this is how your complete file path will look like. home/yourusername/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/IrfanView/i_view64.exeĨ. Similarly, change Program Files/IrfanView/i_view64.exeto the file path shown on your File Manager. For example, if your email ID is your username will be abc123. Here, you will have to change yourusername to the Linux username assigned to your Chromebook. Now, this is how your file path will look like. First of all, open the Linux Terminal and run the below command to add support for 32-bit apps.ħ. Worry not, the process may look lengthy, but it’s quite easy and straightforward.ġ.

Note: Since Wine 5.0 has not been merged with Debian 10’s repository, you need to execute more commands than usual. Now having said all of that, let’s begin with the installation of Wine 5.0 first. I know that seems a mouthful, but don’t worry the performance remains quite good and more than usable for light applications. To cut things short, you will be basically using Windows applications through a compatibility layer called Wine which will run inside the Linux container. In case, you are wondering what is Wine, well, it’s a compatibility layer that allows you to use Windows apps in a Linux environment without going through the emulation route. Having done that, here we will begin by installing the latest version of Wine (5.0) on our Chromebook. Thx to mchubby for mentioning this to me.Before we begin, make sure you have set up Linux on your Chromebook properly. Works fine with the few games I tried (kirikiri, LC-Script, Alicesoft System), feedback is also pretty positive from the chinese community. You can also run it from the command-line with LEProc.exe right-click context menu for running executable in a different locale NTLEA and Applocale is no longer supported so you shouldn’t use those.ĭeveloped for Windows 7/8 (XP is not supported), works well with UAC enabled/disabled, better stability/compatibility compared to AppLocale and NTLEA.ģ. Not sure about compatibility, but it seems to be doing quite well. Does the same thing as setting your system locale to Japanese except now it’s much easier. New tool called Locale Emulator (windows).

Use wine emulator for .exe