Registry key name for Myst

[wino]

In the (excellent) Wine apps database, at http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.p ... on&iId=143, the instructions say to create a registry key, HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Wine/AppDefaults/Myst.exe, and under it, to

create a new String Value and set it to ... "win95" ...

However, it doesn't say what name to give the key. I created one, and called it "win95" for want of a better name, but the Myst app still comes up with a message saying that I'm running Windows NT. Shouldn't the String Value have a particular name, something like 'Windows type'? Otherwise how does the Wine code know what to retrieve to get the 'win85' value?

[dimesio]

In the (excellent) Wine apps database, at http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.p ... on&iId=143, the instructions say to create a registry key, HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Wine/AppDefaults/Myst.exe, and under it, to

create a new String Value and set it to ... "win95" ...

However, it doesn't say what name to give the key. I created one, and called it "win95" for want of a better name, but the Myst app still comes up with a message saying that I'm running Windows NT. Shouldn't the String Value have a particular name, something like 'Windows type'? Otherwise how does the Wine code know what to retrieve to get the 'win85' value?

That howto must be old. There's no need to meddle with the registry directly to set the Windows version for an app. Do it on the applications tab in winecfg, and winecfg will create the registry entry for you.

[wino]

There's no need to meddle with the registry directly to set the Windows version for an app. Do it on the applications tab in winecfg, and winecfg will create the registry entry for you.

Thanks for that - tried it, and it works. The screen resolution changes, but then Myst crashes fairly decisively (along with any other apps I had running) and KDE restarts.

Wine version 0.9.47.

[dimesio]

Wine version 0.9.47.

Why on earth are you running such an old version? It's over two years old! Upgrade to the latest development release: 1.2-rc1.

Also make sure you have the latest graphics drivers for whatever graphics card you have; KDE restarting is a sign of a graphics driver bug.