[Bug 8105] %SystemRoot%" is not accessible

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8105





--- Comment #4 from Alex Balut <alexandru.balut(a)gmail.com>  2007-12-04 21:45:21 ---
(In reply to comment #2)
> The interesting point of this: it might have worked, if wine supports
> REG_EXPAND_SZ keys on %WINDIR%.
> I tested it by importing an REG_EXPAND_SZ Windir but it's ignored by wine.
> So this unearthed a wine deficiency too :)
> To fix this, restore the REG_SZ key after installation to "c:\windows".

This seems to be because the windir key you pointed is a REG_SZ key in Wine's
registry. On W2000, it is REG_EXPAND_SZ. I'll make a patch tomorrow, should be
trivial. There are a few other values which are in the same situation, I wonder
whether I should check all the keys Wine creates..


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