This is partially fixed in Wine since 0.9.60. Starting a .msi file with "Wine Windows Emulator" works. wine.desktop only needs to be updated to report that it can handle .msi files (this also involves creating mime types iirc).
-- WINE in Ubuntu cannot automatically run .msi files https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/236589 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
