Re: Wine has stopped working

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On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 12:10 AM, Forester <wineforum-user@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Suggestion 1
>
> Rename .wine to .wine.bad or something.  Start Wine.  If it looks okay, then try installing one of your old games (pick one that the AppDB claims works well with the version of Wine you are using).
>
> If that works, then you probably had best delete your old .wine directory and reinstall everything.  You may want to copy data files out of the old .wine into the new .wine,  if ego and noddle permit.
This time it is probably a good idea to read up about the WINEPREFIX
variable, that's main purpose seem to be to allow you to break a lot
less programs if you mess up...

See
http://wiki.jswindle.com/index.php/Wine_Prefixes

>
> Suggestion 2
>
> Make a backup copy of your .wine directory before you try to install Flash CS3 again or follow any instructions "as best you can".
>
Or install into a separate WINEPREFIX (Remember to use
WINEPREFIX=~/.wine-whatever before all Wine commands, including
winecfg, etc... (unless you are using the export option...))


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