Using Windows XP dll's as overrides

[Marco Baciarello]

Hi,

I started using Wine (v. 20020804, compiled from tarball using 
/tools/wineinstall) only a few days ago, and right now I'm trying to use 
simple programs such as mIRC or WinMX 3.22.

I read FranksWorld.net's guide on how to make the latter work with 
Windows 9x dll's, and it worked like a charm. For all those interested, 
you can find it here:

http://franksworld.net/wine/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=113&page=1

Next, I tried to have Wine use dll's I copied from my Windows XP 
installation (if I can use those, I won't have to bother my win98 
friends with dll requests anymore :) )... Well, it was a disaster! The 
shell instance I run wine from gets into some sort of loop and fills 
with dll-related error messages...

I copied all dll's described as "probably working" or better on 
WineHQ.org to their respective fake Wine directories: those from \system 
into /system, and \system32 dll's into /system32. I added this last path 
to Wine config using "System32" = "C:\\Windows\\System32". Then, I set 
all dll's override to "native, builtin" in the [Override] section. I 
then tried to have Wine emulate WinXP by default, but I couldn't find 
the config value anymore... And the command line argument has 
disappeared, either...

Only after some time did I notice that Frank's World suggests you use 
Win 9x dll's at all times... So my question is: does anyone know if my 
Wine version (20020804) only supports 9x ovverride? I'm asking here 
because I couldn't find that kind of info on the site... And in case it 
supports Win 2K/XP, what did I do wrong?

Thanks a lot for the info,

Marco