[Bug 923] - WINE DESTROYED MY SYSTEM!

http://bugs.winehq.com/show_bug.cgi?id=923

tony_lambregts(a)telusplanet.net changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |INVALID



------- Additional Comments From tony_lambregts(a)telusplanet.net  2002-07-28 23:05 -------
I'll bet you ran explorer.exe, and since you think your system is ruined I can
understand that you are ticked. I just want to ask you this. Do you always run
alpha software your system without backup?

Take a look at the README file that should have come with wine. In it you will
find this.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Wine is not yet complete, so several programs may crash. Provided you set up
> > > > > > > winedbg correctly according to documentation/debugger.sgml, you will be dropped
> > > > > > > into a debugger so that you can investigate and fix the problem.
> > > > > > > For more information on how to do this, please read the file
> > > > > > > documentation/debugging.sgml.

You should backup all your important files that you give Wine access
to, or use a special Wine copy of them, as there have been some cases
of users reporting file corruption. Do NOT run Explorer, for instance,
if you don't have a proper backup, as it renames/cripples several
directories sometimes. Not even other MS apps such as e.g. Messenger are safe,
as they launch Explorer somehow. This particular corruption (!$!$!$!$.pfr)
can at least partially be fixed by using
http://home.nexgo.de/andi.mohr/download/decorrupt_explorer
> > > > > >

Now hopfully this little program can fix this up for you.

The Moral of this story: There is no such thing as too much backup.


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