On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 07:18:09PM -0700, James McKenzie wrote: > James Huk wrote: > > 2008/9/23 JDorfler <wineforum-user@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > >> Thanks. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> I disagree here - you can try running your apps first - "most" will work > >> > > that way (especially games) - if they won't - reinstall them. Reinstalling > > everything you want to use may lead to unnecessary disk usage - beside, if > > something works without re installation - then what's the point? > > > If it works? If you do not install some programs, they do NOT work > properly in Wine as the installer writes information to the current > registry. Also, I have several working and not so working Wine > prefixes on my system. I've found it useful to place my use data elsewhere and use a symbolic limk to it. That way, if things go wrong with my wine and I screw up .wine (or whatever prefix I'm using), I can delete it, reinstall, and my data will still be easy to find, Yes, this does take up space, but you CAN use > the same area for user data, which in most cases is the largest use of > space on any hard drive I've ever seen. I did not state this in my > first reply and that was an oversight. Please be aware that Linux and > subsequently, Wine, have problems writing files into NTFS directories. > > James McKenzie > >
