Which Windows native DLLs to use and NOT use

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Which Windows native DLLs to use and NOT use

Post by awik »

Hi,

I read that you may use Windows native DLLs with Wine. I have experimented with this, creating symlinks to the native DLLs files in my ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32 directory (I have my actual C: drive mounted at /nt).

I found this application very useful:
http://www.dependencywalker.com/
It runs fine on Wine.

I discovered that using some native DLLs seems to improve application compatibility with Wine. However, I also discovered that using some DLLs, notably userenv.dll creates more problems than it solves.

Therefore, I am looking for feedback about which Windows native DLLs are worth using, and which ones I should definitely avoid.

Is there any reason to back up Wine DLLs before replacing them with Windows ones? It appears that many of them are just "stubs" or "placeholders" or something, because they are only a kilobyte or two in size.

Regards,
Albert Wik
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