[Wine] how can i revert back to msi installer old version

[James McKenzie]

rd1381 wrote:
> austin987 wrote:
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>> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 11:38 PM, rd1381 <wineforum-user at winehq.org> wrote:
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>>> austin987 wrote:
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>>>> That's why it's good practice to use
>>>> a different prefix for each application.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> -Austin
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> how do i use a different prefix?
>>>
>>>       
>> The WINEPREFIX environmental variable.
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>>> what is a prefix?
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>> Where wine stores its settings/files.
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>>> does that mean i would have many .wine folders?
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>> sortof, you'd have them named different things, but yes.
>>
>> -- 
>> -Austin
>>     
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> thanks but i hoped there was a gui prefix manager or something like that
> that would be so cool
>   
There was a launcher under construction.  I don't know its status.

However, the name for different wine prefixes is to call them bottles
(Wine does come in them.)

If you want a program with a nice GUI interface and are willing to pay
for it, there is CrossOver for Linux/Mac.

However, if you don't want to go that way, you can do this:

WINEPREFIX=$HOME/my_new_wine_prefix wine <your installation program goes
here>

from the directory for your program.

Then you can invoke the program by typing in:

WINEPREFIX=$HOME/my_new_wine_prefix wine 'C:\Program Files\<installation
directory of your program>\<program name>.exe

This should run your program.

James McKenzie