http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19811
--- Comment #5 from Paul Chitescu paulc@voip.null.ro 2009-08-22 06:26:06 --- (In reply to comment #2)
(In reply to comment #0)
Attempting to install various versions of VS 2005 vcredist_x86.exe in a fresh prefix creates directories in WinSXS for all versions described by the policies.
Only the directory for the current version (described by the manifest) has DLL files in it, all others are empty.
Have you tested windows to see what happens there?
On Windows and previous wine versions directories are created only for the actually installed DLL version - in the attachement it's build 762. Empty directories are not created.
The name of the directories created by Windows XP matches those actually populated by wine.