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jprosser
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dll override basic question

Post by jprosser »

Hi Folks,
I'm new to Wine and have some basic questions that I couldn't find answer to in the FAQ or forums.

Some posts talk about dropping in native dlls into the .wine/.../system32 directory to get apps working, while some posts (and the FAQ) talk about using the wine configuration tool.

In order to properly override a DLL, do I install a copy from an MS-windows installation AND specify it in the wine configuration tool?

What do I do if the dll isn't listed in the wine configuration tool drop down?


Is this what winetricks does?

Thanks!
-Joe
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Re: dll override basic question

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jprosser wrote: In order to properly override a DLL, do I install a copy from an MS-windows installation AND specify it in the wine configuration tool?
http://winehq.org/site/docs/wineusr-gui ... -OVERRIDES
What do I do if the dll isn't listed in the wine configuration tool drop down?
Type it in. Note that some dlls should never be overridden: kernel32.dll, gdi32.dll, user32.dll, and ntdll.dll.
Is this what winetricks does?
http://wiki.winehq.org/winetricks
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