error trying to install ie8 with winetrics

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Published on 2013-06-29T09:53:39Z Indexed on 2013/06/29 10:29 UTC
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i have been trying to install ie8 via winetrics on the default wineprefix but im getting error after the unpack process, says my configuration its 64bits and ie8 doesnt support it. my question is, can i change the wine-prefix configuration ? Since i have a game installed on it that the update took really long time. also tried using POL installed via software center and i get same error

i have Xubuntu 12.10, wine 1.6RC

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