Use WINE Instead of PlayOnLinux

To use pure WINE instead of PlayOnLinux, do the following:

mkdir $HOME/.wine_program1

“program1” being the name of the application I want to run.

env WINEPREFIX=$HOME/.wine_program1 winecfg

Make any adjustments you want and close the config window.

If you need to specify a 32-bit prefix (such as when dealing with an older 32-bit program, you can do that, too.

WINEPREFIX=$HOME/.wine_program1 WINEARCH="win32" winecfg

Install the program:

env WINEPREFIX=$HOME/.wine_program1 wine $HOME/Downloads/installer.exe

or whatever the installer is called.

All that's left now is to create a script to launch the program:

#!/bin/bash

env WINEPREFIX=$HOME/.wine_program1 wine $HOME/.wine_program1/drive_c/Program\ Files/program1/program1.exe

or something like that.

Then you just have to remember to chmod +x that script you just created, before you can execute it.