http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10114
Summary: Wine shouldn't rewrite the registry if it hasn't been changed Product: Wine Version: CVS/GIT Platform: All OS/Version: All Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: wine-kernel AssignedTo: wine-bugs@winehq.org ReportedBy: t.artem@mailcity.com
[birdie@localhost .wine]$ ls -l total 400 drwxrwxr-x 2 birdie birdie 4096 2007-10-20 12:23 dosdevices drwxrwxr-x 4 birdie birdie 4096 2007-10-20 12:23 drive_c -rw-rw-r-- 1 birdie birdie 368887 2007-10-20 12:33 system.reg -rw-rw-r-- 1 birdie birdie 2373 2007-10-20 12:33 userdef.reg -rw-rw-r-- 1 birdie birdie 16422 2007-10-20 12:33 user.reg [birdie@localhost .wine]$ [birdie@localhost .wine]$ notepad (do nothing, just close it) [birdie@localhost .wine]$ ls -l total 400 drwxrwxr-x 2 birdie birdie 4096 2007-10-20 12:23 dosdevices drwxrwxr-x 4 birdie birdie 4096 2007-10-20 12:23 drive_c -rw-rw-r-- 1 birdie birdie 368887 2007-10-20 12:37 system.reg -rw-rw-r-- 1 birdie birdie 2373 2007-10-20 12:37 userdef.reg -rw-rw-r-- 1 birdie birdie 16422 2007-10-20 12:37 user.reg
All registry files got rewritten even though I haven't touched any registry key.
I consider this behaviour being a bug.