To run Windows programs in Linux we use Wine. But how to open any file with exe program using Wine? For example we have 1.txt file. To run this file with notepad.exe use command:
wine "/home/user/notepad.exe" 1.txt
To associate some type of files with EXE program we can use shell script:
#!/bin/sh QUICKPARLOCATION="/home/user/Notepad.exe" PARAM=`winepath -w "$*" 2>/dev/null` wine "$QUICKPARLOCATION" "$PARAM" & exit 0
Put this file in /home/user/bin directory. Open file properties and in field “Open with” select Notepad.sh script: