File Association matter

[alansecker]

I have Word 2000 successfully working under wine.
File associations for .doc files are set to revert to Word.
However when it comes up, it has not opened the .doc file.
Should I be expecting it too or is this asking too much of wine?

[dimesio]

Sounds like you're using an old Wine version; that bug has been fixed. http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22935

Upgrade to the latest development release.

[alansecker]

As a Mageia x86_64 user, I cannot complete the compilation of the latest release because of dependancy problem. This is the ./configure termination message.

configure: error: X 32-bit development files not found. Wine will be built
without X support, which probably isn't what you want. You will need
to install 32-bit development packages of Xlib/Xfree86 at the very least.
Use the --without-x option if you really want this.

I cannot identify which libraries are needed. Inevitably they are different to the 'supported' distros.

[dimesio]

Ask on your distro's support forum which package(s) to install.

[alansecker]

I decided to install from source (version 1.7.22).
After overcoming dependencies, it completed the compile/install process.
The file association problem is still there.

[dimesio]

Try reinstalling Word to a clean wineprefix under current Wine. If that doesn't fix it, file a bug. The bug I linked to was for Word 2007, so it's possible Word 2000 still has a problem.

[alansecker]

Regretfully, that is not possible. The version of MS Office 2000 that I have needs to find another acceptable package to be installed first. It came with MSworks but under wine the Office installer never finds Works. In order to work under wine had to copy an earlier installation from a Windows XP drive.

[dimesio]

In order to work under wine had to copy an earlier installation from a Windows XP drive.

That may work for some apps, but is not supported. It's also the reason your file associations don't work: those are created by winemenubuilder when installing an app in Wine.

[alansecker]

is there a way of forcing winebuilder to recreate the file associations?