[Bug 20974] New: Setting drive as Local disk in winecfg does not work

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20974

           Summary: Setting drive as Local disk in winecfg does not work
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.1.34
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: major
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
        AssignedTo: wine-bugs(a)winehq.org
        ReportedBy: gore(a)projectpontiac.com


In winecfg, setting a drive as "Local disk" does not work.

For example:

- I have a drive called X:\ that resides at ~/.wine/drive_x

- ~/ is a network share that gets auto-mounted from the server when I log in

- I use winecfg to set X:\ to a "Local disk" (under the "Show Advanced"
parameters of the "Drives" tab)

- Windows applications still see X:\ as a Network share

This prevents certain applications from installing. For example, Photoshop CS2,
a Platinum-level application, refuses to install to a network share.

This can be repeated easily by trying to install the Photoshop CS2 trial onto a
drive that is hosted on a network share.

http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/photoshop/win/cs2/Photoshop_CS2_tryout.z...

So far I've seen this behaviour in Wine version 1.1.28, 1.1.32 and 1.1.34. I
did not try any other versions.

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[Bug 20974] Setting drive as Local disk in winecfg does not work

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Austin English <austinenglish(a)gmail.com> changed:

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           Keywords|                            |download, Installer




--- Comment #1 from Austin English <austinenglish(a)gmail.com>  2009-12-09 11:44:02 ---
Does it work if you install to drive C? I think there was a workaround made for
Steam, which had a similar problem, but it may only be for drive C.

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[Bug 20974] Setting drive as Local disk in winecfg does not work

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--- Comment #2 from Frank Gore <gore(a)projectpontiac.com>  2009-12-09 14:15:18 ---
(In reply to comment #1)
> Does it work if you install to drive C? I think there was a workaround made for
> Steam, which had a similar problem, but it may only be for drive C.

No, it does not. That was my initial problem, I could not install Photoshop CS2
to the C:\ drive because it kept telling me:

"Installing to a network drive is not allowed"

I cannot edit the advanced properties of the C:\ drive at all using winecfg,
it's grayed out. But I figured that was a separate issue so I didn't mention it
in the bug report.

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Vitaliy Margolen <vitaliy(a)kievinfo.com> changed:

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--- Comment #3 from Vitaliy Margolen <vitaliy(a)kievinfo.com>  2009-12-09 21:48:19 ---
http://bugs.winehq.org/page.cgi?id=fields.html#priority
Easy work around - install an real HDD.

Does this fixes your problem?
echo -e "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Wine\\Drives]\n\"c:\"=\"hd\"\n" | wine
regedit -

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--- Comment #4 from Frank Gore <gore(a)projectpontiac.com>  2009-12-10 00:08:48 ---
(In reply to comment #3)
> http://bugs.winehq.org/page.cgi?id=fields.html#priority
> Easy work around - install an real HDD.

Yes, but that defeats the whole purpose of a roaming home directory. Besides, I
format this hard drive too often. In any case, I've already solved my problem
by using a complicated hoop-jumping maneuver. Photoshop CS2 is happily
installed and running on my network share. I'm not looking for help, I'm just
reporting a bug that I found in the process.
> Does this fixes your problem?
> echo -e "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Wine\\Drives]\n\"c:\"=\"hd\"\n" | wine
> regedit -

Ah-hah! So that's how I change that pesky grayed-out setting!

But no, it did not fix the problem. Photoshop CS2 still refuses to install with
the same error message: "Installing to a network drive is not allowed"

So the Photoshop CS2 installer still thinks C:\ is a network share, even though
it's set as "Local hard disk".

I tried some other experiments for the sake of completeness. The following
tests were all performed with WINEPREFIX=~/.winetest and C:\ set to
~/.winetest/drive_c (all of which is on an NFS share)

- Using winecfg, I added a drive R:\ and set it to /opt/drive_r (this is on the
local hard disk, not a network share). I set R:\ as a "Local hard disk".
Installing Photoshop CS2 to R:\ was successful.

- Using winecfg, I changed R:\ to a "Network share". Installing Photoshop CS2
to R:\ failed with the same error message listed above.

So the drive "Type" setting does do something, it just doesn't seem to work as
intended when setting it to "Local hard disk".

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Vitaliy Margolen <vitaliy(a)kievinfo.com> changed:

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         Resolution|                            |DUPLICATE




--- Comment #5 from Vitaliy Margolen <vitaliy(a)kievinfo.com>  2009-12-10 08:24:30 ---
Duplicate

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 17618 ***

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Vitaliy Margolen <vitaliy(a)kievinfo.com> changed:

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--- Comment #6 from Vitaliy Margolen <vitaliy(a)kievinfo.com>  2009-12-10 08:24:38 ---
Closing

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