What is the correct location to create a new WINEPREFIX?

[IGGt]

I have a copy of WINE installed on a Debian Server. And I have now set up my first application.

The .exe is in /home/user/appDir/appName.exe

I have set up a .desktop file containing:

Exec=env WINEPREFIX="/home/user/.wine" wine /home/user/appDir/appName.exe

This all works fine.

I now need a second copy of my application, so I will need a new WINEPREFIX.

Should I create the prefix as /home/user/.wine2, and put the second copy of the application as /home/user/appDir2/appName.exe ?

I'm just wondering because I notice that Firefox is also installed and seems to have it's own WINEPREFIX in home/user/.local/share/wineprefixes/firefox

And all the files are then installed under /home/user/.local/share/wineprefixes/firefox/dosdevices/c:/Program Files/Mozilla Firefox

Is either of these considered right / wrong? will one or the other come back to bite me later on (bearing in mind I may have 4 / 5 copies of my application to set up.

[dimesio]

Exec=env WINEPREFIX="/home/user/.wine" wine /home/user/appDir/appName.exe

That may work in this case, but when using a unix-style path the command should really be

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wine start /unix /path/to/exe

Should I create the prefix as /home/user/.wine2, and put the second copy of the application as /home/user/appDir2/appName.exe ?

You don't really need a second copy of the app. Just specify WINEPREFIX=/home/user/.wine2 and run the executable in /home/user/appDir.

I'm just wondering because I notice that Firefox is also installed and seems to have it's own WINEPREFIX in home/user/.local/share/wineprefixes/firefox

That's where winetricks puts the apps it installs, unless you specify --no-isolate.