wine users - Jan 2010 - File access questions

I have two questions in relation to WINE:

1. If I install a Windows program under WINE the asks for a "data file
location" during the setup, which is basically a folder where data files
for the program will be kept, I can keep the default (e.g. C:/XProgramX/Data)
and the program should (theoretically) work as it would under Windows?

2. If instead of selecting the local C drive as where the data files are kept, I
wanted to point to a directory on another computer (e.g. Samba folder on a Linux
server, or even on a Windows server), is this possible/easy? How would this be
done?

Doge wrote:
> I have two questions in relation to WINE:
> 
> 1. If I install a Windows program under WINE the asks for a "data file
location" during the setup, which is basically a folder where data files
for the program will be kept, I can keep the default (e.g. C:/XProgramX/Data)
and the program should (theoretically) work as it would under Windows?
Yes, because Wine has its own "prefix" to store anything in. Check
/home/username/.wine/ .

> 2. If instead of selecting the local C drive as where the data files are
kept, I wanted to point to a directory on another computer (e.g. Samba folder on
a Linux server, or even on a Windows server), is this possible/easy? How would
this be done?
Sure, put WINEPREFIX=/path/to/place/to/create/new/wineprefix wine appname.exe to
run "appname" in a new location (a new Wine prefix will be created for
you in that place). Please note that some apps may break unexpectedly if used on
"weird" partition types (like a network share).

DaVince, I think he just wants to specify a directory on a network
share for that one setting ("data file location"), not install the
program there.
> 2. If instead of selecting the local C drive as where the data files are
kept, I wanted to point to a directory on another computer (e.g. Samba folder on
a Linux server, or even on a Windows server), is this possible/easy? How would
this be done?
First, you need to mount the network share so that it shows up in your
normal Linux filesystem.

Then, in your Windows program, you'll find it under Z:. Z:\ in Wine is
the same as / in Linux.