Fix to protect users from selves.

Rein Klazes rklazes at xs4all.nl
Mon Sep 30 00:28:59 CDT 2002


On Sun, 29 Sep 2002 20:34:19 -0400, you wrote:

> To all that answered:
> 
> I also abhor the kludge that I wrote.
> 
> I also recognize that the test would catch possible *valid* filenames.
> 
> I will attempt to find the keys that cause the rename to occur.
> 
> However, the point of the patch was to:
>   1. Provide the developers with a way not to have their Windows system (real or fake) be renamed during development. I got tired of
> renaming the directories back to what they should have been.
> 
>   2. Protect the end users from destroying their Windows system during testing/playing. The last thing we should want is the
> impression that Wine is dangerous because of unexpected consequences due to simple appearing actions.
> "comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine" still gets complaints from user that have done this very action.

After removing such entries from system.reg:


| [Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\RenameFiles\\ProgramFilesRen] 976188522
| @="D:\\"
| "!$!$!$!$.pfr"="Program Files,1"
| "PROGRA~1"="!$!$!$!$.pfr"
| 

it stops.

Rein.
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Rein Klazes
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