http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7449
Summary: Enhancement - run wineprefixcreate on missing registry files Product: Wine Version: 0.9.30. Platform: PC OS/Version: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: minor Priority: P2 Component: wine-files AssignedTo: wine-bugs@winehq.org ReportedBy: a.hurst@shef.ac.uk
In order to get wine to rebuild your registry (after corruption, or if you simply want a clean out-of-the-box registry) one currently has to delete the entire ~/.wine/ directory. This gets rid of all your drive mappings, and requires you to backup your 'drive_c' if stored here.
Instead couldn't wine simply run wineprefixcreate, or some component of this, when unable to find ~/.wine/user.reg etc. Thus replacing a deleted registry file with a fresh one.