[Bug 18089] Windows explorer.exe is able to lunch .exe files which refer another directory with DLLs

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18089

Igor Tarasov  changed:

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

--- Comment #19 from Igor Tarasov   2009-05-22 14:39:05 ---
Reopen this bug, as I've finally took time to write simple test application and
to get enough data to prove that the problem exists.

There are two files in the attached archive: pathtest.exe and pathtest.reg. The
first one should be copied to C:\Program Files directory and the second one
should be imported into registry. Then you can start testing.

Here are tests:

tests:

1. In cmd: start pathtest
Windows: start launches new cmd window and the path is:
=PATH TEST=;C:\WINDOWS\systtem32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem

Wine: start can't find our program:
Application could not be started, or no application associated with the
specified file.
ShellExecuteEx failed: File not found

2. In cmd: start pathtest.exe
Windows: exactly as with test #1.

Wine: in new cmd window:
Current path is: C:\windows\system32;C:\windows;=PATH TEST=

3. Using explorer.exe locate file and double-click it.
Windows: again, does EXACTLY as the above, that is it DOES use Path option from
registry and opens new cmd window.

Wine: it does not open new cmd window, but dumps to current shell:
Current path is: C:\windows\system32;C:\windows

That is it does not use Path parameter.

So, we see at least four bugs in wine behavior:

1. Wine does not recoginze names without extension
2. Wine appends, not prepends Path value from registry. This might lead to bugs
if there are similarly named shared libraries in other folders.
3. Wine does not use Path from registry when it the program is launched from
some file manager (winefile or linux filemanager).
4. No new cmd windows for comman-line applications when launched from file
manager.

I am pretty sure that his bug is not INVALID, since I know applications that do
not start in wine just because of all this.