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Sonic Maina Mod Loader a mod loader for the Steam game Sonic Maina won't open it needs to be in the same installation file as Sonic Maina it won't open it trying to instal it in its own drive witch it should not be allowed with this app as it needs to be in the Steam drive and then it crashes plz fix

Copy Sonic mania mod loader into the same folder ( ./playonlinux/wineprefix/.. ) as the game.

Then use this to run the mod loader: http://wiki.playonlinux.com/index.php/The_Configuration_Window#.284.29_-_Run_a_.exe_in_this_virtual_drive