[Wine] What is a clean WINEPREFIX?

[Frédéric Delanoy]

On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 22:58, ToddAndMargo <wineforum-user at winehq.org> wrote:
> Hi All,
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> I am getting:
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>> wine: cannot find L"C:\\windows\\system32\\wineboot.exe"
>> err:process:start_wineboot failed to start wineboot, err 2
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> And am being told to:
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>> Use a _clean_ WINEPREFIX for installation.
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> And, also being told to ask you guys what the above means.

A Wineprefix means a directory where wine holds a "virtual" windows
installation (with any number of apps).
It can be useful to use distinct wineprefixes, e.g. when certain
applications needs custom wine settings

Look at the FAQ (http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ) for more information.

Frédéric