# Bottles

## Bottles

- [Welcome](https://docs.usebottles.com/readme.md): Thanks for choosing Bottles for managing your wineprefixes on Linux!
- [Installation](https://docs.usebottles.com/getting-started/installation.md): We currently only offer Bottles as a flatpak package
- [First run](https://docs.usebottles.com/getting-started/first-run.md): Your first experience with Bottles starts here.
- [Environments](https://docs.usebottles.com/getting-started/environments.md): In Bottles we use environments for creating new bottles.
- [Runners](https://docs.usebottles.com/components/runners.md): Runners are the heart of Bottles. They allow the execution of Windows software on Linux systems.
- [DXVK](https://docs.usebottles.com/components/dxvk.md): Vulkan-based implementation of D3D9, D3D10 and D3D11 for Wine.
- [App preferences](https://docs.usebottles.com/bottles/app-preferences.md): Bottles allow you to change some settings to suit your needs.
- [Run .exe/.msi/.bat/.lnk files](https://docs.usebottles.com/bottles/run-.exe-.msi-.bat-.lnk-files.md): There are two ways to start these executables in Bottles
- [Shortcuts](https://docs.usebottles.com/bottles/shortcuts.md): Bottles shortcuts table.
- [Bottle preferences](https://docs.usebottles.com/bottles/preferences.md): You can change your bottle preferences at any time to improve software compatibility.
- [Dependencies](https://docs.usebottles.com/bottles/dependencies.md): You can manage dependencies for Windows programs in a few simple clicks thanks to our built-in dependency manager.
- [Programs](https://docs.usebottles.com/bottles/programs.md): Find and launch all the programs installed in your bottles in one click.
- [Installers](https://docs.usebottles.com/bottles/installers.md): Install new Windows programs in a few clicks in a guided and easy process.
- [Versioning](https://docs.usebottles.com/bottles/versioning.md): Keep your data safe, reduce the risk of compromising them and restore the status of the bottles in one click.
- [Backups & Duplicate](https://docs.usebottles.com/bottles/backups.md): Back up your bottles for safety or to share/replicate them.
- [Import from other managers](https://docs.usebottles.com/bottles/import-from-other-managers.md): You can import wineprefixes from other third party managers.
- [Configuration files](https://docs.usebottles.com/bottles/configuration-files.md): Let's find out how Bottles configuration files are structured.
- [Logs & Debugger](https://docs.usebottles.com/utilities/logs-and-debugger.md): Whether you are a developer or a log-hunting user, debugging is the way to go.
- [CMD](https://docs.usebottles.com/utilities/cmd.md): This is a console similar to that of Windows, with the same purpose of use.
- [Winecfg](https://docs.usebottles.com/utilities/winecfg.md)
- [Task manager](https://docs.usebottles.com/utilities/task-manager.md)
- [Regedit](https://docs.usebottles.com/utilities/regedit.md)
- [Uninstaller](https://docs.usebottles.com/utilities/uninstaller.md)
- [CLI](https://docs.usebottles.com/advanced/cli.md): Using Bottles via CLI
- [Use Bottles as wine command](https://docs.usebottles.com/advanced/use-bottles-as-wine-command.md): Bottles can also works as the default wine command in your system.
- [xdg-open links](https://docs.usebottles.com/advanced/xdg-open.md): Using Bottles via xdg-open
- [Missing dependencies](https://docs.usebottles.com/contribute/missing-dependencies.md): Propose new dependencies to the Bottles community
- [Can't enable Steam Proton manager](https://docs.usebottles.com/flatpak/cant-enable-steam-proton-manager.md)
- [Migrate directories to Flatpak](https://docs.usebottles.com/flatpak/migrate-bottles-to-flatpak.md): The Flatpak package uses a different path for storing bottles.
- [Black screen or silent crash](https://docs.usebottles.com/flatpak/black-screen-or-silent-crash.md): Is your executable showing a black screen or is it silently crashing?
- [Expose directories](https://docs.usebottles.com/flatpak/expose-directories.md): Use this guide if you need to reach other directories in the Flatpak.
- [Use system home](https://docs.usebottles.com/flatpak/expose-directories/use-system-home.md): How to use the system home and not the sandboxed one
- [Why Bottles?](https://docs.usebottles.com/faq/why-bottles.md)
- [Where is Winetricks?](https://docs.usebottles.com/faq/where-is-winetricks.md)
- [Updates and old versions](https://docs.usebottles.com/faq/updates-and-old-versions.md)
- [Video GStreamer Problems](https://docs.usebottles.com/faq/video-gstreamer-problems.md)


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