Help!!! exe files (solved)

[Sagnard]

Ok so i was running xp but i didn't have what was needed to back up my stuff so i had a friend do all the hard stuff so now i run linux 8 i think it's like linux helena at the boot screen but anyway my question is; There is this file called filesystem and it has like all the old stuff from running xp and yet none of the exe files would work i dunno why how do i get them to work i even downloaded some torrent manager(utorrent) but once it finished it gave me this error why is that and why won't the old work

[Aging Technogeek]

Windows and Mint are different systems. Windows programs will not run in Mint or any Linux distribution without special assistance.

Read this:

http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 14&start=0

[Sagnard]

I've read that i know that it isn't windows i was meaning How do i move them so they work or how would i go about downloading the same programs for linux? sorry for the confusion im new to linux i just got it yesterday so im totally bewildered but i really wanna learn thanks for the help

[Aging Technogeek]

In most cases you will not find the same program in Linux that you used in Windows. What you need to do is find equivalent Linux programs. A good place to start is right here:

http://www.linuxalt.com/

This is a listing of most of the popular Windows programs and the Linux alternatives. Find the progams that work best for you and install them in place of the unusable Windows programs you have now.

[DrHu]

How do i move them so they work or how would i go about downloading the same programs for linux?

So, you are wanting Linux mint to operate and use the same programs you now use in Windows
--won't happen without a kludge: Ask yourself the other question, how do I run a Linux or OSS (Open Source Software) program on a windows OS..

• Wine
• Commercial wine
  Codeweavers, Cedega
• A VM
  Vmware, virtualbox
  --where you install your windows OS as a guest OS on the host (LInux), or the reverse, if you are using windows, as the main dish

• These are the options

--or if you use Linux, as indicated by "Aging Technogeek" , there are software equivalences available; the most obvious for office people is OpenOffice

[Sagnard]

ok thank you very much

[Pierre]

The latest version of Codeweavers Crossover Software V9.0 has now been released.

http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxlinux/

I'm having some successes with the Trial version that i got,
its a good step forward.