[Bug 45616] New: winecfg: allow setting windows version via CLI

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45616

Bug ID: 45616
           Summary: winecfg: allow setting windows version via CLI
           Product: Wine
           Version: 3.13
          Hardware: x86
               URL: https://github.com/Winetricks/winetricks/blob/master/s
                    rc/winetricks#L2355
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Keywords: download, integration, source
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: programs
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
      Distribution: Gentoo

This has been a FIXME in winetricks for years. While reviewing stuff recently,
I ran across it and looked into it. I wasn't able to find a (closed) bug for
it, and I think it's worth opening one now.

Currently, winetricks has to replicate all the logic needed to set a particular
Windows version (i.e., major/minor version, service pack version, etc.). This
can also include if it's a server version of windows or not, etc. When Wine
changes a SP version, winetricks has to catch up later, and it can lead to
subtle bugs (e.g., https://github.com/Winetricks/winetricks/issues/970)

It would greatly simplify things if instead, winecfg (or some other program,
but winecfg seems most appropriate) could change windows versions via a CLI
argument. E.g.,
$ wine winecfg winver=winxp

would set winxp mode, and act appropriately for win32/win64.

This should return an error if someone tries to set an invalid version, e.g.,
$ wine winecfg winver=doesnotexist

or
$ WINEARCH=win64 wine winecfg winver=win98

[Bug 45616] winecfg: allow setting windows version via CLI

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45616

--- Comment #1 from Rosanne DiMesio  ---
(In reply to Austin English from comment #0)
> This has been a FIXME in winetricks for years. While reviewing stuff
> recently, I ran across it and looked into it. I wasn't able to find a
> (closed) bug for it, and I think it's worth opening one now.

There's bug 41559.

This would also be useful in helping users on the forum. It's not uncommon to
have to test different Windows versions to see if that changes the app's
behavior, and it would be nice not to have to go through a GUI to do it.

[Bug 45616] winecfg: allow setting windows version via CLI

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45616

Fabian Maurer  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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                 CC|                            |[e-mail]
         Resolution|---                         |DUPLICATE
             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED

--- Comment #2 from Fabian Maurer  ---
Marking dupe of other feature request.

Yes, I agree this would be nice to have. Shouldn't be hard to do either.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 41559 ***

[Bug 45616] winecfg: allow setting windows version via CLI

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45616

Austin English  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|RESOLVED                    |CLOSED

--- Comment #3 from Austin English  ---
(In reply to Fabian Maurer from comment #2)
> Marking dupe of other feature request.
>
> Yes, I agree this would be nice to have. Shouldn't be hard to do either.
>
> *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 41559 ***

Thanks. I thought there was a big but I couldn't find it last night when
searching, my bad.