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 			Wine without Windows
 			====================

 A major goal of Wine is to allow users to run Windows programs without
 having to install Windows on their machine. Wine implements the
 functionality of the main DLL's usually provided with Windows.
 Therefore, once Wine is finished, you will not need to have windows
 installed to use Wine.

 Wine has already made enough progress that it may be possible to run
 your target applications without Windows installed. If you want to try
 it, follow these steps:

 1. Create empty C:\windows and C:\windows\system directories.
    Do not point Wine to a Windows directory full of old installations
    and a messy registry. (Wine creates a special registry in your home
    directory, in $HOME/.wine/*.reg. Perhaps you have to remove these
    files).

 2. Point [Drive C] in wine.conf or .winerc to where you want C: to be.
    Refer to the Wine man page for more information. Remember to use
    filesystem=win95 !

 3. Use tools/wineinstall to compile Wine and install the default
    registry. Or if you prefer to do it yourself, compile programs/regapi,
    and run:   programs/regapi/regapi setValue < winedefault.reg

 4. Run and/or install your applications.


 Because Wine is not yet complete, some programs will work better
 with native Windows DLL's than with Wine's replacements. Wine has been
 designed to make this possible. Here are some tips by Juergen Schmied
 (and others) on how to proceed. This assumes that your C:\windows
 directory in the configuration file does not point to a native Windows
 installation but is in a separate Unix file system. (For instance,
 C:\windows is really /home/ego/wine/drives/c).

 - Run the application with   -debugmsg +module,+file   to find out
   which files are needed. Copy the required DLL's one by one to the
   C:\windows\system directory. Do not copy KERNEL/KERNEL32, GDI/GDI32,
   or USER/USER32. These implement the core functionality of the
   Windows API, and the Wine internal versions must be used.

 - Edit the [DllOverrides] section of wine.conf or .winerc to specify
   'native' before 'builtin' for the Windows DLL's you want to use.
   For more information about this, see the Wine manpage.

 - Note that some network DLL's are not needed even though Wine is
   looking for them. The Windows MPR.DLL currently does not work; you
   must use the internal implementation.

 - Copy SHELL/SHELL32 and COMDLG/COMDLG32 COMMCTRL/COMCTL32
   only as pairs to your Wine directory (these DLL's are
   "clean" to use).  Make sure you have these specified in the
   [DllPairs] section of wine.conf or .winerc.

 - Be consistent: Use only DLL's from the same Windows version
   together.

 - Put regedit.exe in the C:\windows directory (office95 imports
   a *.reg file when it runs with a empty registry, don't know
   about office97).

 - Also add winhelp.exe and winhlp32.exe if you want to be able to browse
   through your programs' help function.
	Wine without Windows
	====================

	A major goal of Wine is to allow users to run Windows programs without
	having to install Windows on their machine. Wine implements the
	functionality of the main DLL's usually provided with Windows.
	Therefore, once Wine is finished, you will not need to have windows
	installed to use Wine.

	Wine has already made enough progress that it may be possible to run
	your target applications without Windows installed. If you want to try
	it, follow these steps:

	1. Create empty C:\windows and C:\windows\system directories.
	Do not point Wine to a Windows directory full of old installations
	and a messy registry. (Wine creates a special registry in your home
	directory, in $HOME/.wine/*.reg. Perhaps you have to remove these
	files).

	2. Point [Drive C] in wine.conf or .winerc to where you want C: to be.
	Refer to the Wine man page for more information. Remember to use
	filesystem=win95 !

	3. Use tools/wineinstall to compile Wine and install the default
	registry. Or if you prefer to do it yourself, compile programs/regapi,
	and run: programs/regapi/regapi setValue < winedefault.reg

	4. Run and/or install your applications.


	Because Wine is not yet complete, some programs will work better
	with native Windows DLL's than with Wine's replacements. Wine has been
	designed to make this possible. Here are some tips by Juergen Schmied
	(and others) on how to proceed. This assumes that your C:\windows
	directory in the configuration file does not point to a native Windows
	installation but is in a separate Unix file system. (For instance,
	C:\windows is really /home/ego/wine/drives/c).

	- Run the application with -debugmsg +module,+file to find out
	which files are needed. Copy the required DLL's one by one to the
	C:\windows\system directory. Do not copy KERNEL/KERNEL32, GDI/GDI32,
	or USER/USER32. These implement the core functionality of the
	Windows API, and the Wine internal versions must be used.

	- Edit the [DllOverrides] section of wine.conf or .winerc to specify
	'native' before 'builtin' for the Windows DLL's you want to use.
	For more information about this, see the Wine manpage.

	- Note that some network DLL's are not needed even though Wine is
	looking for them. The Windows MPR.DLL currently does not work; you
	must use the internal implementation.

	- Copy SHELL/SHELL32 and COMDLG/COMDLG32 COMMCTRL/COMCTL32
	only as pairs to your Wine directory (these DLL's are
	"clean" to use). Make sure you have these specified in the
	[DllPairs] section of wine.conf or .winerc.

	- Be consistent: Use only DLL's from the same Windows version
	together.

	- Put regedit.exe in the C:\windows directory (office95 imports
	a *.reg file when it runs with a empty registry, don't know
	about office97).

	- Also add winhelp.exe and winhlp32.exe if you want to be able to browse
	through your programs' help function.