| Running Wine without Windows |
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| Sometimes you can bring applications to run by using some of the |
| native Windows DLL's, together with Wine. Here are some tips by |
| Juergen Schmied 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). |
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| - 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). |
| - Point [Drive C] in wine.conf or .winerc to where you want C: to be. |
| Refer to the README file or man page. Remember to use filesystem=win95 ! |
| - 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 |
| - 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. |
| - Note that some network DLL's are not needed even though Wine is |
| looking for them. Do not copy the MPR.DLL into the directory, |
| 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) |
| - Be consistent: Use only DLLS 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). |
