[Bug 57543] New: Give a fatal error when installing files on a EXFAT or NTFS filesystem

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57543

Bug ID: 57543
           Summary: Give a fatal error when installing files on a EXFAT or
                    NTFS filesystem
           Product: Wine
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: x86-64
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
      Distribution: ---

Hello Wine,

Please give a fatal error when installing files or Windows programs on an EXFAT
or NTFS filesystem.

EXFAT and NTFS do not support the colon character in filenames and do not
support symbolic links.

I spent 2 days trying to install world of warcraft on Linux on an EXFAT
formatted drive.

It failed while mentioning that the AppData environment variable was empty.

Luckily, while investigating this AppData error message, a note on the
filesystem format came to my attention. The requirement for Windows
applications to be installed on EXT4 filesystems.

Now World of Warcraft executes properly <3! I can migrate from Windows 10 to
Linux.

Thank you for providing Wine for Linux!

Marcel

[Bug 57543] Give a fatal error when installing files on an EXFAT or NTFS filesystem

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Marcel  changed:

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            Summary|Give a fatal error when     |Give a fatal error when
                   |installing files on a EXFAT |installing files on an
                   |or NTFS filesystem          |EXFAT or NTFS filesystem

[Bug 57543] Give a fatal error when installing files on an EXFAT or NTFS filesystem

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F H  changed:

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                 CC|                            |francisco278herrera@gmail.c
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--- Comment #1 from F H  ---
 Installing files is just like copying files, so maybe it could throw a fatal
error if symlinks or colons are attempted to be used in one of those
filesystems

[Bug 57543] Give a fatal error when installing files on an EXFAT or NTFS filesystem

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https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57543

Austin English  changed:

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                 CC|                            |[e-mail]