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These sub-programs are usually accessible by running ‘wine <wineprogram>’ . With some exceptions, the programs can be also be accessed with just ‘<wineprogram>’ (if Wine was installed in the user’s $PATH), although it is usually safer to use the former invocation.

A complete list of these programs can be found in the source at wine-<version>/programs/

• clock – displays a rudimentary clock

• cmd – command-Line interface for Wine

• cmdlgtst – Commdlg test jig

• control – control panel implementation (incomplete)

• eject – ejects discs

• expand – cabinet file expansion (incomplete)

• explorer – Explorer.exe wrapper

• hh – html help

• icinfo – shows installed video compressors for Wine

• iexplore – Internet Explorer wrapper

• msiexec – msiexec.exe implementation for installers

• notepad – notepad.exe wrapper

• oleview – allows browsing and exploring COM objects as well as configuring DCOM

• progman – Program Manager for Wine

• regedit – Windows regedit.exe registry editor implementation

• regsvr32 – register OLE components in the registry

• rpcss – quasi-implementation of rpcss.exe

• rundll32 – loads a DLL and runs an entry point with the specified parameters

• spoolsv – print wrapper

• start – starts a program or opens a document in the program normally used for files with that suffix.

• taskmgr – Task Manager implementation

• uninstaller – basic program uninstaller

• view – metafile viewer

• wineapploader – wrapper script to start a Winelib application once it is installed

• wineboot – initiates a “virtual” reboot, for when Windows apps call for a real reboot

• winebrowser – launches native OS browser or mail client

• winecfg – GUI configuration tool for Wine

• wineconsole – displays Win32 console

• winedbg – Wine debugger core

• winefile – file explorer implementation

• winelauncher – attempts to intelligently manage the process of launching a program with Wine

• winemenubuilder – helps to build Unix menu entries

• winemine – classic minesweeper game

• winepath – translates between Windows and Unix paths formats

• winetest – all the DLL conformance test programs suitable for unattended testing and report submission

• winevdm – Wine virtual DOS program

• winhelp – help viewer

• winver – displays an “about Wine” window

• wordpad – wordpad.exe implementation

• xcopy – Wine-compatible xcopy program