Where is my "Windows" or "C:/" folder?

Totally new here. First thing I tried to do was install a non-steam game, from a standalone setup.exe file meant for Windows using Wine. When it came to the point I had to choose where to install it, it showed my Linux directory as the "Z:/" drive...and also told me there isn't enough space there to install the game, even though I've moved hundreds of gigabytes in this so-called "Z:/" drive where the file manager defaults to. So I chose what this installer's file browser recognized as a "C:/" drive (this computer has only one drive to begin with) and installed it in some "Windows" folder there. The issue now is, the update.exe files can't find where this game installation is unlike how it can on Windows, and neither can I do so manually. Even assuming this just won't work in general, I want to at least find a way to uninstall/delete the files if it doesn't work and clear myself 7 GB or so of data.
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Kyle Gospo
Kyle Gospo4w ago
How do you mean using wine? We intentionally ship Lutris because it does this job for you and makes all of this very transparent
aospace.
aospace.OP4w ago
I just right clicked on the .exe file itself and chose the WineZGUI option. Should I have used Lutris itself to run the setup file?
Kyle Gospo
Kyle Gospo4w ago
That is more meant for basic stuff that you are going to run once or twice. I would redo this with Lutris
aospace.
aospace.OP4w ago
I see. But how can I find the files to remove them to begin with?
Kyle Gospo
Kyle Gospo4w ago
They are going to be in a hidden directory in your home directory, would check the winezgui documentation to find the exact path
aospace.
aospace.OP4w ago
Where is the winezgui documentation? The closest answer I found is on here: https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/wikis/FAQ#Where_is_my_C:_drive.3F
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aospace.
aospace.OP4w ago
However there is no .wine prefix folder in my home directory, even though something must exist somewhere for me to have made this mistake to begin with. This is after enabling hidden files, where I can see folders like .steam, .var, .nuget, .mozilla The search function in the file manager is also failing to locate it. I found it through simply opening WineZGui itself and selecting its file browser function.
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