wine users - Nov 2009 - Copy Windows DLL

Hi all,

I was reading the FAQ and it says there we should not use the existing Windows
System Dir, but what if I make a copy of the folder so I can use it to increase
functionality in Wine?

Will that work? I know that we can point certain libraries to an actual windows
file.

Can anyone shed some light on this subject?

Thanks in advance.

ataide.carlos wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I was reading the FAQ and it says there we should not use the existing
Windows System Dir, but what if I make a copy of the folder so I can use it to
increase functionality in Wine?
>
> Will that work? I know that we can point certain libraries to an actual
windows file.
>   
No, copying the entire Windows directory will NOT work.

Certain libraries will help, but they should ONLY be applied on a
case-by-case basis and only if directed in the Applications Database .

James McKenzie

James McKenzie wrote:
> ataide.carlos wrote:
> 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I was reading the FAQ and it says there we should not use the existing
Windows System Dir, but what if I make a copy of the folder so I can use it to
increase functionality in Wine?
> > 
> > Will that work? I know that we can point certain libraries to an
actual windows file.
> > 
> > 
> No, copying the entire Windows directory will NOT work.
> 
> Certain libraries will help, but they should ONLY be applied on a
> case-by-case basis and only if directed in the Applications Database .
> 
> James McKenzie

Exactly. Some core libraries, such as gdi32, for instance, can not be
overwriten...

To be honest with you, I once got away with that (copying the whole dir). IIRC,
the apps only fetched the missing DLLs. But this was a looong time ago and I
would never recommend it to anyone now.

Cheers,

Jorl17