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Re:Windows 10 quietly gets one more year of support and updates by AyanamiKaine on Thursday June 25, 2026 @04:16PM (#48678664)
Unironically, I had the most success with old windows programs not when using wine directly but using proton with steam. I personally use umu[1] to use proton without directly needing to run steam. I wrote a small KDE script for .exe files so I can just double click them and they run lol. Or for setups I can right click them and just install them as a setup and it automatically creates a app shortcut I can open.

[1]https://github.com/Open-Wine-Components/umu-launcher

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Re:Windows 10 quietly gets one more year of support and updates by d3Xt3r on Thursday June 25, 2026 @04:54PM (#48679056)
Got a link to the script?
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Re:Windows 10 quietly gets one more year of support and updates by AyanamiKaine on Thursday June 25, 2026 @05:46PM (#48679629)
Yes! I do here [1]. But keep in mind I am using NixOS and so it looks a bit weird. You should be able to just copy paste the script part and it should work when you have umu at path.

[1] https://pastebin.com/JRaK4uRV

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