Copy Windows DLL

[ataide.carlos]

Hi all,

I was reading the FAQ and it says there we should not use the existing Windows System Dir, but what if I make a copy of the folder so I can use it to increase functionality in Wine?

Will that work? I know that we can point certain libraries to an actual windows file.

Can anyone shed some light on this subject?

Thanks in advance.

[James McKenzie]

ataide.carlos wrote:

Hi all,

I was reading the FAQ and it says there we should not use the existing Windows System Dir, but what if I make a copy of the folder so I can use it to increase functionality in Wine?

Will that work? I know that we can point certain libraries to an actual windows file.

No, copying the entire Windows directory will NOT work.

Certain libraries will help, but they should ONLY be applied on a
case-by-case basis and only if directed in the Applications Database .

James McKenzie

[jorl17]

ataide.carlos wrote:

Hi all,

I was reading the FAQ and it says there we should not use the existing Windows System Dir, but what if I make a copy of the folder so I can use it to increase functionality in Wine?

Will that work? I know that we can point certain libraries to an actual windows file.

No, copying the entire Windows directory will NOT work.

Certain libraries will help, but they should ONLY be applied on a
case-by-case basis and only if directed in the Applications Database .

James McKenzie

Exactly. Some core libraries, such as gdi32, for instance, can not be overwriten...

To be honest with you, I once got away with that (copying the whole dir). IIRC, the apps only fetched the missing DLLs. But this was a looong time ago and I would never recommend it to anyone now.

Cheers,

Jorl17