wine users - May 2004 - "Faking" a desktop file: an application requires a registration file on the windows desktop

I'm attempting to run an application (Reason!Able, from 
www.goreason.com) under wine that requires a registration file be placed 
on the Desktop.

Attempts to solve problem:
1.  Google search for previous reports of this phenomenon (search terms: 
wine "create desktop file" | "no desktop" | "desktop
file") -- none found.
2.  Created "Desktop" subdirectory under fake_windows, copied 
registration file to it -- did not work.

Further thought:
The program does not appear to run correctly even in trial version, so 
the inability to find the "desktop" registration file may be due to
it's
inherent flakiness under wine, but I don't think so.

Does anyone have any thoughts/pointers on how to "fake" a desktop
file?

Get the React OS explorer, it's a clone of the windows explorer, it might
help.
http://www.sky.franken.de/explorer/index.html

Ivan.

On Sun, 16 May 2004 19:52:58 +0930, you wrote:
> I'm attempting to run an application (Reason!Able, from 
> www.goreason.com) under wine that requires a registration file be placed 
> on the Desktop.
> 
> Attempts to solve problem:
> 1.  Google search for previous reports of this phenomenon (search terms: 
> wine "create desktop file" | "no desktop" |
"desktop file") -- none found.
> 2.  Created "Desktop" subdirectory under fake_windows, copied 
> registration file to it -- did not work.
> 
> Further thought:
> The program does not appear to run correctly even in trial version, so 
> the inability to find the "desktop" registration file may be due
to it's
> inherent flakiness under wine, but I don't think so.
> 
> Does anyone have any thoughts/pointers on how to "fake" a desktop
file?
A guess: the program searches the registry for the "Desktop"
directory.
On my system the registry key
HKEY_LOCAL_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders

contains a subkey "Desktop" pointing to the desktop (eg.
C:\Windows\Desktop).
Try adding that to your registry.

If that does not help, run wine like:
WINEDEBUG=+reg wine ...

and try to find the registry entries that your program queries.

Rein.
-- 
Rein Klazes
rklazes@xs4all.nl

ReactOS runs on wine out of the box, no tinkering is needed. All you have to do
is run it in a 640x480 or 800x600 desktop.

Ivan.