[Bug 25512] Watchtower Library 2010 crashes after splash screen

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http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25512

SSB <silas-wine at flatline.org.uk> changed:

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--- Comment #17 from SSB <silas-wine at flatline.org.uk> 2010-12-19 15:21:25 CST ---
If you are having trouble getting Watchtower Library 2010 working on WINE, but
you have Watchtower Library 2008, then you could first install Watchtower
Library 2008 and then copy the rs_data folder from the Watchtower Library 2010
CD to .wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Watchtower/Watchtower\ Library\ 2008/E
(replacing E with whatever language you're installing).  You'll then get the
Watchtower Library 2008 program but with the Watchtower Library 2010 data, and
it seems to work.

The 2009 program will NOT accept 2010's rs_data, but the 2008 program WILL.  I
believe 2007, 2006 and 2005 will also accept more recent rs_data versions.  So
this method can also be used if you're stuck with an old version of WINE (on an
old distro on old hardware) which can't run the recent years' programs.  For
that matter this method can sometimes be used to update the data of broken
Windows boxes that for whatever reason won't install a newer version of the
program.  Always rename (don't delete) the existing rs_data directory, in case
its replacement does not work and you need to back off the change.

Of course it would be ideal to fix it so the latest program runs by itself,
because we don't know how many minor hidden bugs might be introduced by using a
different year's rs_data (and also it means you have to get hold of an old CD,
which not everybody has).  But the rs_data hack seems to be a good temporary
fix.

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