[Bug 53046] upgrading from WINE 5.0.3 to 7.0, winecfg throws several missing components errors

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53046

--- Comment #9 from Olivier F. R. Dierick  ---
(In reply to tkocou from comment #8)
> I purged the WINE 5.0.3 and installed WINE 7.0 stable from Synaptic Manager.
> Then I followed your suggestion of creating a new WINEPREFIX and then
> copying over the contents of the new WINEPREFIX to the default .wine
> directory - basically overwriting the default.
>
> When I tried the winecfg, all works now. Where exactly are the WINEPREFIX
> stored in Linux? I'd like to clear out all the messed up prefixes.

Hello,

Unless you manually set a path with WINEPREFIX, Wine only use the default path
~/.wine .

Third party apps that use wine/forks (steam proton, lutris, etc.) puts the
wineprefixes in their own places.

You may find all wineprefixes with a command such as:

find ~/ -type d -wholename "*/drive_c/windows"

Regards.