[Wine] Running XP programs in wine
Dan Kegel
dank at kegel.com
Thu Feb 28 07:51:30 CST 2008
On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 5:30 AM, John Drescher <drescherjm at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I just downloaded the latest winetricks from
> > http://www.kegel.com/wine/winetricks and it does _not_ have an
> > installed for MSVCR80.dll, and grepping the source code does not find
> > the string "msvcr80" in it at all.
> >
> It is installed via vcrun2005
Right!
> I started out with a clean .wine folder and used winetricks to install
> .wine/drive_c/windows/system32/msvcr80.dll
A copy does end up in there, but it's just a decoy. (Ask microsoft why,
they did it.) The real copy is buried in the winsxs directory.
> # rm -rf .wine
Ack! NEVER run wine as root! It voids your warranty and stunts your growth!
- Dan
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