[Bug 5879] New: Steam crashes on the first start

[Wine Bugs]

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5879

           Summary: Steam crashes on the first start
           Product: Wine
           Version: CVS
          Platform: Other
               URL: http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iVersionId=1554
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Keywords: regression, download
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: wine-kernel
        AssignedTo: wine-bugs at winehq.org
        ReportedBy: vitaliy at kievinfo.com
                CC: rob at codeweavers.com


Each time I start Steam and when it takes long time to launch, it crashes right
after "Updating Steam" window opens up. No account required. It will crash
before asking to create new account or use existent.

This is some-what hard to reproduce. You need to "delay" startup process. For
example with newly compiled Wine. Or after a reboot.
The "fastest" way I found is to run some app that takes all memory and clears
disk cache (Heroes Of Might And Magic 5 demo).

Regression testing cameup with this patch:

ntdll: Add an optimisation for NtQueryDirectoryFile to not read the...
http://source.winehq.org/git/?p=wine.git;a=commit;h=f5cc0f7d09a1e6a89c9a5754d42884065d53aca0

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