Aaaah ! I see ... I just had a simple config file with oonly what's absolutely necessary and I let wine do the rest. This worked for 20010216, but not for 20010326. Well, either way, all's well now (I don't know about the mid-game freezing, I haven't "tested" it enough w/ Starcraft ;o) ). Starcraft does start in all it's DGA glory :o) Thank you very much.