wine users - Mar 2009 - how can i revert back to msi installer old version

hi i updated msi installer to v3 (Windows ? Installer. V 3.01.4000.1823)
but after that i cant install any msi package
every time i try it just brings msi command line option in a window and doesnt
install any thing , it just like i typed just 'wine msiexec'

how can i fix this?
should i revert back to older version of msiinstaller? how?

On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 3:26 PM, rd1381 <wineforum-user at winehq.org>
wrote:
> hi i updated msi installer to v3 (Windows ? Installer. V 3.01.4000.1823)
> but after that i cant install any msi package
> every time i try it just brings msi command line option in a window and
doesnt install any thing , it just like i typed just 'wine msiexec'
>
> how can i fix this?
> should i revert back to older version of msiinstaller? how?
>
Read the FAQ on how to create a new prefix.

John

how thats supposed to help?
i tried a  WINEPREFIX="$HOME/.wine-second" and then wine explorer and
then from there i opened a msi file but it was as before

On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 11:32 AM, rd1381 <wineforum-user at winehq.org>
wrote:
> how thats supposed to help?
> i tried a ?WINEPREFIX="$HOME/.wine-second" and then wine explorer
and then from there i opened a msi file but it was as before
>
Inside the new prefix you will have a clean slate no installed
applications and no msi. I leave the discussion to others about wine
explorer because I do not use that.

John

On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 10:47 AM, John Drescher <drescherjm at gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 11:32 AM, rd1381 <wineforum-user at
winehq.org> wrote:
>> how thats supposed to help?
>> i tried a ?WINEPREFIX="$HOME/.wine-second" and then wine
explorer and then from there i opened a msi file but it was as before
>>
> Inside the new prefix you will have a clean slate no installed
> applications and no msi. I leave the discussion to others about wine
> explorer because I do not use that.
>
> John
>
>
When did it work/break? A particular wine version?

-- 
-Austin

> 
> 
> When did it work/break? A particular wine version?
> 
> 

i dont remember but i think it was 1.15 or 1.14
has anybody here tried msi installerv3?
i think i installed it from winetricks

On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 5:42 AM, rd1381 <wineforum-user at winehq.org>
wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> When did it work/break? A particular wine version?
>>
>>
>
>
> i dont remember but i think it was 1.15 or 1.14
> has anybody here tried msi installerv3?
> i think i installed it from winetricks
A regression test would help:

http://wiki.winehq.org/RegressionTesting

-- 
-Austin

i cant do all that :(
for starters my internet connection is very slow

i cant install any updates from winetricks
and i cant install any other msi package like for example
WindowsVistaUpgradeAdvisor.msi

On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 2:13 PM, rd1381 <wineforum-user at winehq.org>
wrote:
> i cant install any updates from winetricks
> and i cant install any other msi package like for example
WindowsVistaUpgradeAdvisor.msi
>
terminal output showing what happens when you try would help

John

nothing
when i type for example : wine msiexec creator.msi
it just shows the command line options for msi installer in a gui window and
nothing in the terminal

austin987 wrote:
> That's why it's good practice to use
> a different prefix for each application.
> 
> -- 
> -Austin

how do i use a different prefix?
what is a prefix?
does that mean i would have many .wine folders?

austin987 wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 11:38 PM, rd1381 <wineforum-user at
winehq.org> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > austin987 wrote:
> > 
> > > That's why it's good practice to use
> > > a different prefix for each application.
> > > 
> > > --
> > > -Austin
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > how do i use a different prefix?
> > 
> 
> The WINEPREFIX environmental variable.
> 
> 
> > what is a prefix?
> > 
> 
> Where wine stores its settings/files.
> 
> 
> > does that mean i would have many .wine folders?
> > 
> 
> sortof, you'd have them named different things, but yes.
> 
> -- 
> -Austin

thanks but i hoped there was a gui prefix manager or something like that
that would be so cool