Ubuntu: Up and Running

Accessing the Windows C: Drive

Wine emulates a Windows computer’s C: drive by creating a collection of folders within your home folder, starting with the subfolder .wine. So, C:\ is actually located at ~/.wine/dosdevices/c:.

So, for example, to change to the emulated c:\Program Files folder using the Terminal, you would enter the following command (remembering that you need quotation marks around any nonalphanumeric characters):

cd ~/.wine/dosdevices/c:/"Program Files"

You can also use the Nautilus file manager to browse the emulated drive by selecting Applications → Wine → Browse C:\ Drive.