Throwing in an idea (probably it was discussed before though)

[Ivan Leo Puoti]

John Smith wrote:
> 1. It is still not 'out-of-the-box' - and from this point of view it 
> doesn't matter much whether it is hacking config file or using GUI; 80% 
> of end-users will try it and throw it away if it doesn't work without 
> hacking settings; 20% of others will ask questions, and will hack config 
> or run winecfg, but those 80% will be lost.

As some have suggested you can write the settings to the registry yourself

Ivan.