How to switch from wine 32 bit to wine 64 bit in Debian 11?

[Hffirbi]

I've just noticed i've installed the wrong bit architecture of wine. How can I switch to the 64-bit wine? I feel like i can do so much more in 64-bit (and plus my computer is also 64 bit).
I tried doing it once but I'm still stuck on 32 bit wine. I might need all the help I can get.

[jkfloris]

A created 32-bit wineprefix cannot be changed to a 64-bit prefix. However, it is possible to create a new prefix.

If you no longer need the old 32-bit prefix, rename (or delete) the (hidden) .wine folder in your home directory. A new wineprefix is automatically created when you use wine.

If you also want to keep using the old wineprefix, create a new one:

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WINEPREFIX="${HOME}/wine64" wine winecfg

[Hffirbi]

Okay, thanks

[Hffirbi]

Nvm, i just tried the prefix and it returned this when running winecfg

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002c:fixme:winediag:loader_init wine-staging 8.20 is a testing version containing experimental patches.
002c:fixme:winediag:loader_init Please mention your exact version when filing bug reports on winehq.org.
wine: could not load kernel32.dll, status c0000135

[jkfloris]

That doesn't look good.
Do you get more information on what's happening with:

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WINEPREFIX="${HOME}/wine64" WINEDEBUG=fixme+all wine winecfg

[Hffirbi]

I got this when running what you sent in the terminal.

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noahmonkeye@penguin:~/wine64/drive_c/windows$ WINEPREFIX="${HOME}/wine64" WINEDEBUG=fixme+all wine winecfg
002c:fixme:winediag:loader_init wine-staging 8.20 is a testing version containing experimental patches.
002c:fixme:winediag:loader_init Please mention your exact version when filing bug reports on winehq.org.
0080:fixme:hid:handle_IRP_MN_QUERY_ID Unhandled type 00000005
0080:fixme:hid:handle_IRP_MN_QUERY_ID Unhandled type 00000005
0080:fixme:hid:handle_IRP_MN_QUERY_ID Unhandled type 00000005
0080:fixme:hid:handle_IRP_MN_QUERY_ID Unhandled type 00000005

Winecfg opened, but I don't understand why just running "winecfg" returned a kernel32.dll error.

[jkfloris]

just running "winecfg"

Do you mean

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winecfg
# This is a short way of:
WINEPREFIX="${HOME}/.wine wine winecfg"

or

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WINEPREFIX="${HOME}/wine64" winecfg

[Hffirbi]

The first one.

[jkfloris]

Can you reproduce the error with:

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WINEDEBUG=fixme+all winecfg
# or
WINEDEBUG=fixme+all wine winecfg

[Hffirbi]

I tried both. They returned the kernel32.dll error.

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noahmonkeye@penguin:~$ WINEDEBUG=fixme+all winecfg
002c:fixme:winediag:loader_init wine-staging 8.20 is a testing version containing experimental patches.
002c:fixme:winediag:loader_init Please mention your exact version when filing bug reports on winehq.org.
wine: could not load kernel32.dll, status c0000135
noahmonkeye@penguin:~$ WINEDEBUG=fixme+all wine winecfg
002c:fixme:winediag:loader_init wine-staging 8.20 is a testing version containing experimental patches.
002c:fixme:winediag:loader_init Please mention your exact version when filing bug reports on winehq.org.
wine: could not load kernel32.dll, status c0000135

So the error can be reproduced.

[jkfloris]

This looks like an error in the default wineprefix (the .wine directory).
Maybe you can fix it with:

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wineboot -u

If that doesn't work, there's nothing else to do. Make a copy of the prefix and create a fresh prefix:

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mv ${HOME}/.wine ${HOME}/.wine-backup
wineboot
winecfg

[Hffirbi]

Will the fresh prefix also be 64 bit or no?
also the wineboot command didn't work

[jkfloris]

A full wine installation creates a 64-bit prefix by default. A 32-bit prefix is created only if you use the WINEARCH variable or if you have installed only the 32-bit part of Wine.

Since creating a new prefix works and the old one does not, I wonder if you have defined a wine variable somewhere

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env | grep -i wine

Or that data remains in a cache/ buffer after deleting .wine.