https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42821
--- Comment #19 from Andrew andrewbb43@gmail.com --- (In reply to Louis Lenders from comment #18)
(In reply to Andrew from comment #17)
Having the same problem using 2.21. Out of curiosity, I copied the directory straight from a Windows PC with the app installed and tried to run it that way, and there was no sign the app was even running.
Copying from an existing windowdrive is not going to work in a lot of cases.
As a workaround I found you can get it installed by:
winetricks -q dotnet462
Download Orca like for example from here
https://www.technipages.com/download-orca-msi-editor
-Start the Bookshelfinstaller and let it extract the msi, but than ctrl-C it.
- The msi is in something similar like
~/.wine/drive_c/users/louis/Temp/{B3C7AA5E-740A-4458-8676-D2BC8D2B6B9C}/ VitalSource\ Bookshelf.msi
-Run Orca, open the msi, and remove the line (Action) HardwareNotSupported in table InstallUISequence.
-Save it and run the msi like msiexec /i VitalSource\ Bookshelf.msi
The application itsself starts, but you have to sign in and I don`t have an account so couldn`t test further
Your suggestion did resolve the installation issues, as it will now complete the installation. However, winetricks doesn't seem to recognize dotnet462 nor am I able to install the actual update manually.