This was a deliberate decision by the security team. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/Policies#Execute- Permission%20Bit%20Required
Files with .exe only work with the context menu (open with Wine) if they have execute bit, otherwise cautious launcher spews out its complaints. This behavior is overridden if you have the packages from the Wine PPA (or similar), because cautious launcher isn't very friendly. -- Shell scripts require executable permission - prior ubuntus and unix do not https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/652283 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
