Error message when trying to run battle.net

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cclauson
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Error message when trying to run battle.net

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Error message is:
wine: Call from 0x7b43f3ae to unimplemented function api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll._lock_locales, aborting
err:module:attach_process_dlls "MSVCP140.dll" failed to initialize, aborting
err:module:LdrInitializeThunk Main exe initialization for L"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Battle.net\\Battle.net.7848\\Battle.net.exe" failed, status 80000100

Using wine-1.9.12 (Staging) on Fedora 23

Thanks!
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dimesio
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Re: Error message when trying to run battle.net

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Start by upgrading to 1.9.17, as it has fixes for several msvcp40 problems affecting battle.net. Use the WineHQ packages. Follow the instructions in the AppDB for installing battle.net (they have recently changed).
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