James McKenzie wrote: > ataide.carlos wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I was reading the FAQ and it says there we should not use the existing Windows System Dir, but what if I make a copy of the folder so I can use it to increase functionality in Wine? > > > > Will that work? I know that we can point certain libraries to an actual windows file. > > > > > No, copying the entire Windows directory will NOT work. > > Certain libraries will help, but they should ONLY be applied on a > case-by-case basis and only if directed in the Applications Database . > > James McKenzie Exactly. Some core libraries, such as gdi32, for instance, can not be overwriten... To be honest with you, I once got away with that (copying the whole dir). IIRC, the apps only fetched the missing DLLs. But this was a looong time ago and I would never recommend it to anyone now. Cheers, Jorl17
