Jeremy <jcgarbage@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > When ~/.wine does not exist, or more specifically the system.reg does > not yet exist, wineprefixcreate delivers the message "Failed to open the > service control manager." I have tracked this down to the fact that > HKLM\CurrentControlSet\Services does not yet exist when the msiexec.exe > is registered and hence OpenSCManager fails. > > What is the proper way to register this key. In DoRegServer I have I'm not sure this actually is something in need of fixing. There seem to be no side effects apart from this message. > What is the proper way to guarantee the key exists before encountering > the msiexec.exe installation? Ask wine-devel@xxxxxxxxxx, we are but lowly users ;) Daniel -- Read the Wine FAQ: http://winehq.org/site/docs/wine-faq/index Read the Wine User Guide: http://winehq.org/site/docs/wineusr-guide/index When you post: Which wine version? Self compiled or prepackaged? _______________________________________________ wine-users mailing list wine-users@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.winehq.org/mailman/listinfo/wine-users