Error at end of app install: can't open builtin library for regsvr32.exe...

Vitaliy Margolen wine-devel at kievinfo.com
Fri Dec 16 23:07:11 CST 2005


Friday, December 16, 2005, 9:08:19 PM, Dan Kegel wrote:
> On 12/15/05, Vitaliy Margolen <wine-devel at kievinfo.com> wrote:
>> > wine: cannot open builtin library for
>> > L"C:\\windows\\system32\\regsvr32.exe":
>> > /home/dank/wine/programs/regsvr32.exe.so: invalid ELF header
>> >
>> > This is with 0.9.3 built on fc3.
>>
>> Looks like a case of overwritten regsvr32.exe with native copy (like what
>> IE6 installation will do...

> Nice theory, but check this out: I can reproduce it without installing anything:
Well it's not a theory, it's a fact <g>

> $ rm -rf .wine
> $ wine/wine notepad.exe
> /home/dank/.wine updated successfully.
> $ find .wine -name regsvr32.exe -ls
> 4669487    0 lrwxrwxrwx   1 dank     dank           40 Dec 17 03:35
> .wine/drive_c/windows/system32/regsvr32.exe ->
> /home/dank/wine/programs/regsvr32.exe.so
Yup, exactly what I said. Run
'file /home/dank/wine/programs/regsvr32.exe.so' to see what I'm talking
about. 

Vitaliy




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