[Bug 19204] New: Wine version control

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http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19204

           Summary: Wine version control
           Product: Wine
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: PC-x86-64
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
        AssignedTo: wine-bugs at winehq.org
        ReportedBy: saulotoledo at gmail.com


Some wine users don't know some downloads aren't good for some windows
versions.
Sometimes, install some libs do the wine system do not work anymore, because we
override the correct version of that lib for the version of Windows we are
using with Wine...

For example, the component "ExampleLibPlaySound.dll" is installed to some
application who runs with Windows XP config on Wine. Then I install DCOM98 who
have a ond version of this lib to Windows 98. What happens here: I lost my "XP"
version of the lib and my wine system stop works correctily, and I'm a newbye
user with wine and don't know how fix this.

Wine already have a configuration to work with prefix, why not do Wine create a
prefix for each Windows version automatically? I think if we have a good
project to do this, can be the solution to problems with application
compatibility.

See this case:
I have wine working with Windows 2000 compatibility, then I go install an
application who told me "Windows XP is needed". I open Wine config utility and
put "Windows XP", and now I can install the new application and broke my wine
system without know why exactily.

Wine is trying do 2 or 3 (or more) versions of Windows run at the same
directory! This don't happens with Windows and will not work good with Wine,
and it's not the user who need know how fix this (users are not always
programmers, can be people who knows only use the Office application).



If I'm wrong, please correct me. And thanks for attention. :-)

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