company of heroes

[nadrach]

Trying to install company of heroes. On wine 1.1.20, it would install but not run ("hardware spec does not meet requirements"). Since then I have installed winetricks directx9, divx, msi2, allcodecs, ogg and quicktime72 and upgraded to wine 1.1.21. Now an install attempt fails because "...\windows32\msi.exe" is missing. Any suggestions as to how to put this file back?

[vitamin]

Any suggestions as to how to put this file back?

Same as your other question:

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rm -rf ~/.wine

reinstall CoH.

Check AppDB for version specific hints for your game.

[nadrach]

As with my other question, this command destroys the previous wine installation and everything installed in it ... which is not the most effective way to build a windows emulation. Currently I am faced with reinstalling wine in order to run any individual program, which is not efficient. Any better suggestions would be appreciated.

[vitamin]

Any better suggestions would be appreciated.

Do not use anything native unless you really need to (don't use winetricks except to install something app really needs).
Use separate WINEPREFIXes for separate applications.
Do not reinstall Wine - Wine is not installed into WINEPREFIX.