winecfg will not run

[caltrop]

Well... I had to reinstall Mint because...

Installed Wine again.
Now Wine will not run!

I can run 'winecfg' in a root/superuser terminal or 'gksu winecfg' but not normally.

Something from my previous install...
groups & users...
Only thing changed this time is that I entered my full name this go round. But the user is the same.

HELP!

[jkfloris]

Never run Wine as superuser.

remove the default WINEPREFIX (e.g. ~/.wine) as a superuser and run Wine as a normal user.

[Bob Wya]

@caltrop,

It's probably about time to read the WineHQ: FAQ ...
Especially: 6.2 Should I run Wine as root?

Also see: WineHQ: Wine Downloads / Ubuntu ...
So you don't end up running Wine version 1.6.2 or 1.8.7 (which are totally obsolete)...

Wine Users are expected to read the FAQ - before posting on the WineHQ forums...

Bob

[caltrop]

FIXED IT!

Deleted the hidden directory '.wine' left over from my previous install.

All works as it should now.