Wine 5.19+ - the same error when running programs

[rado84]

Since version 5.19 a weird error started appearing in terminal when I run any program. On top of that and probably because of that error, starting up of programs is seriously slowed down. For instance, before that error (see the code below) IrfanView used to start instantly in like less than a second. Now it needs 5-6 seconds before it starts.

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0068:err:ole:start_rpcss Failed to start RpcSs service

Wine just updated to 5.21 and the error is still there. I tried deleting /.wine to force it to reconfigure but the error remained. The only thing I haven't tried is to downgrade Wine to 5.18 or lower.

Edit: just downgraded to Wine 5.17 and I can still see the error but at least apps start a lot faster now - at the same moment the error is displayed the app starts.
Edit 2: fully uninstalling wine and then installing 5.17 fixed the problem - no more error, apps start instantly. I'll add it to the ignored packages temporarily until that's fixed.

[fargodwe]

Just a small suggestion. I noticed you mentioned deleting /.wine. I would recommend you use a separate prefix for each program you install instead of taking the default of /wine. In that way if you have a problem and find you need to remove a program and start over, which usually will mean deleting the prefix, you won't wipe out any other programs you run in wine. I had someone tell me that last year and it has been a big saver for me.

[rado84]

IDK how to create a separate prefix. Besides, all the programs are outside the prefix. The only things inside are "winetricks corefonts" and the library override settings both of which are easily restorable.

[fargodwe]

If you have installed a Windows program using Wine then it is in a prefix. The default is .wine. If you never specified a prefix and used Wine to install more than 1 Windows program they are all .wine. Please see the following. I know this doesn't solve your current problem, but it can help reduce the possibility of wiping out all of your Windows programs in wine in the future. Think of a prefix as a bottle - sort of a Windows installation of it's own. Unless you are doing something completely unknown to me, your program would install to the drive_c folder in the wine prefix (in your case .wine).

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https://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#Wineprefixes

[rado84]

I'll read the link but I'm telling you - I don't install any programs in the prefix. There go only the elements needed for the programs to run, such as .Net Frameworks, Redistributables, DXs, corefonts. All the programs and games are always installed on another partition.

[fargodwe]

I'll leave it to somebody familiar with running things that way. I'm not sure how it could find the paths for everything it needs. Sorry I can't help you further.

[AstorBG]

For me this was a big issue because it slowed down starting the programs in wine.
I had 32x prefix in win 6.0 stable. I managed to resolve to some extend via winetricks installing ole32.