[Wine] the specified Windows directory is not accessible

[Austin English]

On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 3:29 PM, quick30 <wineforum-user at winehq.org> wrote:
> I installed wine some days ago from the ubuntu repo's. Unfortunately it doesn't works for me yet. :(
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> I start the configuration with the following command:
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> Code:
> user at machine:~$ winecfg
> Warning: the specified Windows directory L"c:\\windows" is not accessible.
> Warning: the specified System directory L"c:\\windows\\system32" is not accessible.
> Warning: the specified Windows directory L"c:\\windows" is not accessible.
> Warning: the specified System directory L"c:\\windows\\system32" is not accessible.
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> Then the wine windows comes up and i can work.
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> When i go to the stations tab and i see:
> c:    /media/cdrom0
> d:    /media/cdrom0
> z:    /
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> I think the c: setting is wrong. I try to chang it but then some other errors come up:
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> Code:
> err:winecfg:load_drives GetVolumeInformation() for 'C:\' failed, setting serial to 0
> err:winecfg:load_drives GetVolumeInformation() for 'D:\' failed, setting serial to 0
> err:shell:SHGetFolderPathW Failed to create directory L"c:\\windows\\profiles\\user\\Desktop".
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> What is wrong??
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> thanks for any reply. I can't seem to find a answer in the user manual or wiki.
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Did you run wine as root?