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Everytime i try to launch H&D Deluxe with PlayOnLinux, it crashes and says: 

[08/07/14 18:02:35] - Running wine- hde.exe (Working directory : /home/leo/.PlayOnLinux/shortcuts)

wine: cannot find L"C:\\windows\\system32\\hde.exe"

That means the program is not installed (\windows\system32\ is just what happens to be the default path)

Edited by petch

So is there a way to fix this? Because in the installer it said to NOT change the directory, or the game won´t work.

That's not a matter of path, never has been.

It's just that the installation failed. Read

wine: cannot find L"C:\\windows\\system32\\hde.exe"

as "cannot find hde.exe anywhere".

Edited by petch

Well, I´ve already reinstalled it about five times, and it appears with the same Error everytime. So is there some way to fix it?

Edited by leoworm

So far you gave no information to investigate the issue; But the fact that the install script hasn't been updated in 5 years and looks extremely outdated is probably part of the problem.

Since the script does not support the new integrated debugger, all what should be available is the virtual drive debug log, but that would be a start:

Tools > PlayOnLinux debugger > Virtual Drives > HandD > "Locate this log file" button

Then open the log file with your favorite editor and paste its content, here or in some pastebin-like service.

I suspect it'll lack lots of important informations though, not runing Wine thru POL_Wine wrapper and stuff... :/

[08/07/14 17:51:58] - Running wine- --version (Working directory : /usr/share/playonlinux/python)
wine-1.6.2

PlayOnLinux logfile
-------------------
Date: 08/07/14 17:51:58

> PlayOnLinux Version
  4.2.4
> uname -a
  Linux leo-XMAS-Gamer 3.13.0-24-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Thu Apr 10 19:11:08 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> lsb_release -a
  
> wine --version
  wine-1.6.2
> POL_WINEVERSION
  
> WINEPREFIX
  /home/leo/.PlayOnLinux//wineprefix/HandD
> Distribution
  Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
> glxinfo \| grep rendering
  direct rendering: Yes
    GL_NV_parameter_buffer_object2, GL_NV_path_rendering, 
    GL_NV_parameter_buffer_object2, GL_NV_path_rendering, 
> glxinfo \| grep renderer
  OpenGL renderer string: GeForce GTX 760/PCIe/SSE2
> OpenGL libs (Direct rendering testing)
  32bits direct rendering is enabled
  64bits direct rendering is enabled

[08/07/14 17:51:59] - This is a 32bits prefix!
[08/07/14 17:52:01] - Running wine- cmd /c echo %ProgramFiles% (Working directory : /usr/share/playonlinux/python)
C:\Program Files
[08/07/14 17:54:21] - Running wine- regedit /home/leo/.PlayOnLinux//tmp/regkey.reg (Working directory : /home/leo/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/HandD/drive_c/windows/temp)
[08/07/14 17:54:21] - Content of /home/leo/.PlayOnLinux//tmp/regkey.reg
-----------
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\Drivers]
"Audio"="oss"
-----------
[08/07/14 17:55:02] - Running wine- hde.exe (Working directory : /home/leo/.PlayOnLinux/shortcuts)
wine: cannot find L"C:\\windows\\system32\\hde.exe"
[08/07/14 17:56:24] - Running wine- iconfig.exe (Working directory : /home/leo/.PlayOnLinux/shortcuts)
wine: cannot find L"C:\\windows\\system32\\iconfig.exe"
[08/07/14 17:57:59] - Running wine- hde.exe (Working directory : /usr/share/playonlinux)
wine: cannot find L"C:\\windows\\system32\\hde.exe"
[08/07/14 18:02:01] - Running wine- hde.exe (Working directory : /home/leo/.PlayOnLinux/shortcuts)
wine: cannot find L"C:\\windows\\system32\\hde.exe"
[08/07/14 18:02:23] - Running wine- hde.exe (Working directory : /home/leo/.PlayOnLinux/shortcuts)
wine: cannot find L"C:\\windows\\system32\\hde.exe"
[08/07/14 18:02:35] - Running wine- hde.exe (Working directory : /home/leo/.PlayOnLinux/shortcuts)
wine: cannot find L"C:\\windows\\system32\\hde.exe"
[08/07/14 18:28:18] - Running wine- hde.exe (Working directory : /home/leo/.PlayOnLinux/shortcuts)
[08/07/14 18:28:30] - Running wine- iconfig.exe (Working directory : /home/leo/.PlayOnLinux/shortcuts)
wine: cannot find L"C:\\windows\\system32\\iconfig.exe"

This is the content, hope it helps.

As suspected, there's very little logging about the installation itself. The installation script should probably be updated...
 

So is there any way it can be solved?

Sure, the source of the install script is available from http://www.playonmac.com/en/app-247-Hidden_and_Dangerous_Deluxe.html, and thanks to the new repository interface anybody can contribute updates