Backup a prefix

[andrea993]

I have make a prefix for a program, but If I copy it in an other linux installation, with the same wine version it doesn't works. Which other file have I to copy to the other linux installation?

[dimesio]

Some programs install files to directories outside the wineprefix, so look for that. You should check ownership/permissions of the copied wineprefix, as Wine will refuse to work if your user is not the owner of the wineprefix.

[Bob Wya]

Also I often use:

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winetricks sandbox

for each Wineprefix I create.. This will remove the links from your Wineprefix to your (Wine) users native Linux home folder. This theoretically makes the Wineprefix more portable.
(Note it will also remove the default link: Z: / - which you may want to manually add back in)