[Bug 31194] New: there should be setting to disable winemenubuilder altogether and forever

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http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31194

             Bug #: 31194
           Summary: there should be setting to disable winemenubuilder
                    altogether and forever
           Product: Wine
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: x86
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
        AssignedTo: wine-bugs at winehq.org
        ReportedBy: et.junk at ethome.sk
    Classification: Unclassified


Although i understand need for desktop integration with various DEs,
this little fucker is consistently stealing file associations for me every
update. There are no priorities to set or anything. Also i really don't care, i
use wine only to run occasionally stubborn windows software.

I use several file managers which respect this mime crap registration and thus
wine is making my computer unusable (talk about instant slowdown and 100% CPU
usage, wondering what happened) everytime i want to work with any file with
more common extension. Crappy wine software is started instead of native
application.

There should be big fat checkbox "Disable desktop integration completely" on
"Desktop Integration" tab in winecfg dialog application to disable
winemenubuilder completely and forever.

This setting should be checked by default upstream, e.g. integration disabled
(so direct upstream users like archlinux, don't have to mess with this setting
ever to make their association work again after each and possibly frequent
update).

Pressing "Apply" button in winecfg when state changes from unchecked to checked
should remove all the winebuilder mime crap, zilliards of *.desktop files and
other "necessary" desktop integration tidbits.

When winemenubuilder is invoked as a part of whatever process and this setting
is enabled it should kill itself immediately, best before doing anything
damaging.

Most importantly this setting must be preserved during updates. Also, as ws
said above, it should be disabled by default, so users are not subjected to
this crap, when they decide to create new wine profile for example eg ~/.wine
equivalent, unless distribution changes this by specific tweak.

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