mikewstalbans wrote: > many thanks, but erm....that only works as a one off. Correct. You have to remove those overrides on libraries page. Winecfg (and other parts of Wine) don't like native ole (dcom). Or set those overrides for your app only (not global). To do that add your app on the first page, select it, then go to the libraries tab and add whatever overrides you need.