wine users - Mar 2010 - StarCraft beta downloader folder dialog issues, how to solve

Well, I found this bug with WINE's folder dialog returning something that
the StarCraft beta downloader does not expect.  So no matter what folder  I
chose to save the game in it said "Invalid path chosen! Please choose
again."

But I can't report it in a useful manner because the beta downloader should
not be legally shared.

But I was able to bypass this bug by modifying the registry in a way that the
downloader won't require to open this faulty dialog again. So, I am posting
this just in case someone else gets the same problem:

Create a new text file:


Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00



[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Blizzard
Entertainment\Downloader\0D64A300411C734A612FFF97CDCD694D2864EDD5]

"Path"="Z:\\home\\linuxusername\\Downloads"




Modify "path" to your needs, save it as blizz.reg then go to wine
registry editor and import the new registry file.

When i try to import the file into the registy, nothing happens. I still cant
Install SC2 Beta. What else did you do ?

seems that updating to the latest unstable version of wine lets you install SC2
:)

hmnn probably it also needs a folder called:
"StarCraft II Beta enUS 13891 Installer"

inside the folder you put as "Path"

Just in case create the following empty files:
Installer.exe.part
Installer Tome 1.MPQ.part
Installer UI 1.MPQ.part
Installer UI 2.MPQ.part

How did you come up with the string
"0D64A300411C734A612FFF97CDCD694D2864EDD5" ? I have the same problem
with
the Starcraft 1 downloader, and I'd like to make the same change.