wine users - Dec 2011 - Re: newbie question: why do I see root directory in wine, when n

Csillag Kristof wrote:
> 
> > 
> > No "Z:" under Drives tab in winecfg?
> > 
> Precisely.
> 
> I intentionally deleted it, so that wine processes can not access the 
> stuff of other users.
> 
If you've removed the Z: drive then Wine won't be able to open, save, or
execute files in those directories, but there's no way to stop it from
seeing whatever directories your user can access.

> Csillag Kristof wrote:
>>> No "Z:" under Drives tab in winecfg?
>> Precisely.
>>
>> I intentionally deleted it, so that wine processes can not access the
>> stuff of other users.
> If you've removed the Z: drive then Wine won't be able to open,
save, or execute files in those directories, but there's no way to stop it
from seeing whatever directories your user can access.
I see. (Well, kind o f.)
Now I tested it, and indeed, I can not open those files ...
...  but then what is the point of exposing these files in the winefile 
tool?

    Kristof