Well if you have used wineskin before . You probably now know how to create a wrapper , how to install your game and run it .
lets expand your knowledge of wineskin with the advanced section ![]()
this tutorial will walk you trough the different aspects of wineskin advanced section (or advanced window)
Lets start with the main screen .
when you click advanced you will be first presented with this window.

1. this is the target exe selection location : This is where you would browse for a main exe to be launched and declare your custom commands
2. This section is where you would enter the info about your app .
- Menubar name : This is where you enter the name of your port or what you want to be displayed in the apple menu bar
- Version : this is pretty straight forward : this is where you enter your port version (ex 1.1)
- wine Debug : This is where you enter you wine debug commands (in simpler terms : what you want/ how you want wine to note of stuff during debug mode )
3. This is where you would add any extension you program needs/uses (not recommended to change ) \
4. Icon : this is simple . THis is where you would change the icon of your application / port
5. These are your runtime buttons
- kill wineskin process : Stops all x11 and terminal process related to wine & wineskin
- Test run : runs your port in debug mode
- Command line wine test : run wine trough command line mode in terminal
- done : exits advanced mode
Ok next when you click the tools tab you will get this set of buttons

1. Wine tools
- Winecfg : this is where you set your drives , audio, desktop integration,graphics,libraries,& system application (resembles system properties on windows)
- Registry editor : allows you to edit the registry of your wine wrapper (If you don't know what a registry is : do not touch this setting )If you wish to learn about regedit please consult this tutorial : http://portingteam.c...-wineskin-cxex/
- Task manager : to view and manage your current wine tasks
- Uninstaller : uninstalls apps
2 . Utilities
- Winetricks : winetricks is the place you would go to apply certain changes like system version , adding/removing dlls , adding support for certain apps. (ex Xlive or windows media player support)
- Command shell : launches wine version of cmd (limited and works very loosely)
- Custom exe creator : creates a quick shortcut app allowing you to run a app . Great for running multiple apps out of one wrapper
- LOg files : allows you to view your last log files from your last get run
3 . change engine used : allows you to change the engine in the wrapper (basically the wine version \)
4. View the current wrapper version and engine the wrapper uses

1. self explanatory : this section allows you to make extra changes to your performance and overall stays of your wrapper and modify the mapping of mac osx folders
2. Help button
Now you know what each section of the wineskin advanced interface does . You are now ready to go ahead and getting started on advanced porting ![]()
REmember porting is mostly trial and error . So if your settings don't work the first time try again and again and you are bound to get it right ![]()













