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qwertychouskie opened this issue Mar 3, 2025 · 7 comments
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[Wine] The application does not load unless --default-browser is manually passed #523

qwertychouskie opened this issue Mar 3, 2025 · 7 comments
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Describe the bug

When running in Wine, the application does not load unless --default-browser is manually passed

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior (install dependencies, do this in the auto-py-to-exe UI):

  1. Install auto-py-to-exe in Wine
  2. Run
  3. See error:
Application could not be started, or no application associated with the specifie
d file.
ShellExecuteEx failed: File not found.

Expected behavior

It should auto fall-back to the default browser without having to manually pass the --default-browser flag

Your Environment:

  • Wine version (wine --version): wine-10.2 (Staging)
  • Python version (python --version): 3.13.2
  • auto-py-to-exe version (pip show auto-py-to-exe): 2.46.0
  • PyInstaller version (pip show pyinstaller): 6.12.0
  • Eel version (pip show eel): 0.18.1
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👋 Hi, just a reminder that if you haven't read the help post yet, give it a read to see if your issue is covered in it and make sure to follow the debugging section.

Also please note, as stated in the README, if your issue is only associated with your application and not auto-py-to-exe itself, please do not create an issue in this repository - instead, comment on the help post, video or create a new discussion.

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Apologies for the delay. What I think is happening here is that Chrome has been found on your machine, but then wine is trying to run the Linux binary.

If you execute the following, what does it return?

from eel import chrome
chrome.find_path()

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@brentvollebregt i will try to fix this in a pr soon

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I'm keen to first understand how we can tell whether the path from chrome.find_path() is usable or not. Our function __can_use_chrome in /auto_py_to_exe/ui.py can then be updated to handle this case.

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brentvollebregt added a commit that referenced this issue Mar 19, 2025
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#523 Don't use Chrome's app mode when running in Wine
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@qwertychouskie if you try out the bugfix/523-dont-run-chrome-by-default-in-wine branch in this repo, does it fix your issue? I haven't got Wine setup at the moment so cannot test.

brentvollebregt added a commit that referenced this issue Mar 22, 2025
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#523 Don't use Chrome's app mode when running in Wine
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This issue is stale because it has been open for 60 days with no activity. Remove stale label or comment on this issue or it will be closed in 5 days.

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Closing issue due to no activity in more than 60 days.

@github-actions github-actions bot closed this as not planned Won't fix, can't repro, duplicate, stale Apr 27, 2025
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