winecfg: improve user experience by adding all Windows versions and accompanying error message

Jason Overland jasonoverland at gmail.com
Fri Apr 3 02:12:53 CDT 2015


Is there anything I can do to improve this patch?

Thanks,
Jason

On 03/26/2015 10:03 PM, Jason Overland wrote:
> Hi,
> This patch is a resubmission of and supersedes my previous patch "winecfg: add note about 32 bit prefixes to dialog".  Thanks to everyone who provided feedback on that one.
>
> In this patch, winecfg's Application settings tab now includes all Windows versions in the combobox.  If the user is running from a 64 bit prefix and selects a version of Windows that requires a 32 bit prefix, the selection will revert to the previous selection and a modal dialog containing an error message will appear:
>
> """
> This Wine prefix is built to support 64 bit applications. Because the Windows version you selected does not support 64 bit applications, this prefix cannot be configured to mimic that version of Windows.
>
> Please refer to "How do I create a 32 bit wineprefix on a 64 bit system?" in the "Using Wine" section of the Wine FAQ (http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ) for instructions on how to create a 32 bit Wine prefix.
> """
>
> In addition, I noticed two File Open dialogs in winecfg which should be modal but are not modal.  I made these modal by setting the appropriate owner window.  While a separate issue, this seemed like a trivial enough change to include in this patch.
>



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