wine users - Sep 2010 - Use registry data previously used on a true Windows PC ?

hello, I'm new here

I 've long used (and still use on a soon migrating PC) Windows 98SE on my
"main" desktop computer.

I use(d) Applications such as XnView and exifer, to manage and process digital
pictures, and used them a very long time. I shfted to Linux (ubuntu lucid LTS)
and would like to use these applications without losing my profiles: renaming
patterns, window layout, values used in many list-boxes, etc...
XnView can be configured to use an .ini file rather than the registry, and I use
it this way, so I can move my profile(s) from a computer to an other with no
risk.

Exifer does not use en .ini file, and stores all its context un registry. Too
bad !;-(( but **excellent** application.
May I reuse a profile just by openeing a .reg file with wine, or will it
destroy/corrupt my installed Wine, used for 3 applications ?
Is there a recommanded way of proceeding ?

> May I reuse a profile just by openeing a .reg file with wine, or will it
destroy/corrupt my installed Wine, used for 3 applications ?
If the reg file only contains configurations for your particular app, it should
be safe to install it without problems.

If you ever "break" your Wine installation, you can always fix it by
moving/removing the $HOME/.wine directory (though you'll also move/remove
any software you installed in Wine in that specific prefix if you do).