https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47359
Olivier F. R. Dierick o.dierick@piezo-forte.be changed:
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--- Comment #13 from Olivier F. R. Dierick o.dierick@piezo-forte.be --- Hello,
Did you install the DOS application with Wine?
Many DOS application save the install path in a config file. If you installed the DOS application in DOSBox, it was probably installed to a directory mapped as a C: drive. Wine does mount the root path as Z: drive and calls the DOS executable with a Z: path. The DOS application can't find its files if it looks for them on the C: drive as Wine didn't setup any C: drive.
I personally think that the issue is somehow valid: I think it should be supported to use Wine for both installing and running the DOS application. In that case, Wine only serves as a front-end to the linux DOSBox you have installed. Ideally, Wine should setup the wineprefix as C: and mount that as C: drive in dosbox and let the DOS application install. Then when running the DOS executable through wine, the wineprefix should be again mounted as C:. Obviously, You should not mix installing with DOSBox and running with Wine.
Regards.