[Wine] Re: confused newbie

[ChristTrekker]

austin987 wrote:
> 
> > From what I can tell, every Wine user has their own copy of everything in the ~/.wine dir. Â Would it make more sense to install apps in a common location for everyone to use? Â This doesn't seem to be addressed in any FAQ that I have seen.
> > 
> 
> No, this isn't supported. Multiple people using the same wineprefix
> can cause corruption.
> 

I assume "corruption" refers to various config files.  So use a different wineprefix - just put binaries in a common place, using symlinks if this "binary path" isn't separately configurable.  (~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files -> /usr/local/share/wine/Program\ Files)  Executables aren't written to, so how would they be corrupted?