On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 8:18 PM, ischou <wineforum-user@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > jjmckenzie wrote: >> On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 8:33 PM, ischou <wineforum-user@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> > Also, keep in mind that when you upgrade your version of wine and use the same WINEPREFIX to run your program, >> > wine >> > will update your WINEPREFIX, and you cannot simply downgrade wine to run from the same WINEPREFIX. >> > >> >> Not so fast. I do this repeatedly. Wine will 'update' data in your >> Wine Prefix if it discovers that a newer installation is present or an >> older one. > > > Really? Every time I've done this, my programs always crash when I attempt to use a older version of wine. I make it a > habit of naming my WINEPREFIXES now with the wine version that prefix is associated with. Maybe I'm just unlucky. > Could be. I've was switching between the 'stable' and development versions of Wine and had no problems. However, I don't recommend doing so on a regular basis. That is why I recommend, for now, one program -> one WinePrefix. James > > > > >
