[Bug 34247] New: Default installation path is wrong

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34247

Bug #: 34247
           Summary: Default installation path is wrong
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.6
          Platform: x86-64
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]
    Classification: Unclassified

After creating a new profile for Wine (which is pointing at default to Windows
XP) and running any installer (for example Guild Wars 1 or Warcraft 3) the
default installation path is set to the wrong location. My LANG-variable
contains "de_DE.UTF-8" so the default installation path for Guild Wars 1 should
be "C:\Programme\GUILD WARS" but it is "C:\Program Files (x86)\GUILD WARS".

[Bug 34247] Default installation path is wrong

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34247

--- Comment #1 from Nikolay Sivov  2013-08-10 15:29:06 CDT ---
That means you're running in WoW64 mode. To create 32-bit prefix set env
variable like this WINEARCH=win32 before creating new prefix.

[Bug 34247] Default installation path is wrong

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34247

Ken Sharp  changed:

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           Severity|normal                      |trivial

--- Comment #2 from Ken Sharp  2013-08-10 19:00:16 CDT ---
Does Windows create language-specific Program Files? I'm English and hence
ignorant on the subject...

[Bug 34247] Default installation path is wrong

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34247

--- Comment #3 from [e-mail] ---
> That means you're running in WoW64 mode. To create 32-bit prefix set env
> variable like this WINEARCH=win32 before creating new prefix.

This was indeed an issue but now the path is "C:\Program Files\GUILD WARS" with
LANG set to de_DE.UTF-8 instead of "C:\Programme\GUILD WARS".
> Does Windows create language-specific Program Files? I'm English and hence
> ignorant on the subject...

Widows XP 32 bit with a german localization does create C:\Programme on the
installation and will use it as default directory.

[Bug 34247] "Program Files" is not locale-specific

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34247

Ken Sharp  changed:

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           Keywords|                            |download, source
             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |NEW
                 CC|                            |[e-mail]
                   |                            |m
            Summary|Default installation path   |"Program Files" is not
                   |is wrong                    |locale-specific
     Ever confirmed|0                           |1

--- Comment #4 from Ken Sharp  ---
Confirming. Not sure if anyone will want to fix this as it's kind of arbitrary
as long as %PROGRAMFILES% (and similar) is set.

[Bug 34247] "Program Files" is not locale-specific

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34247

Ken Sharp  changed:

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                 CC|                            |[e-mail]

--- Comment #5 from Ken Sharp  ---
*** Bug 38549 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Bug 34247] "Program Files" is not locale-specific

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34247

--- Comment #6 from Nikolay Sivov  ---
(In reply to sworddragon2 from comment #3)
> > That means you're running in WoW64 mode. To create 32-bit prefix set env
> > variable like this WINEARCH=win32 before creating new prefix.
>
> This was indeed an issue but now the path is "C:\Program Files\GUILD WARS"
> with LANG set to de_DE.UTF-8 instead of "C:\Programme\GUILD WARS".
> > Does Windows create language-specific Program Files? I'm English and hence
> > ignorant on the subject...
>
> Widows XP 32 bit with a german localization does create C:\Programme on the
> installation and will use it as default directory.

You sure you're looking at actual path and not on a display name as shown by
Windows Explorer? Also I just tried on Japanese Windows 8.1 and it uses
non-localized dir names, so it could as well be windows version specific.

[Bug 34247] "Program Files" is not locale-specific

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34247

--- Comment #7 from Ken Sharp  ---
Wikipedia claims it's a thing...

"In a standard Windows installation, the 'Program Files' directory will be at
%SystemDrive%\Program Files (or the localized equivalent thereof)"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Program_Files

[Bug 34247] "Program Files" is not locale-specific

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34247

--- Comment #8 from Ken Sharp  ---
...missed this bit:

"In Windows Vista and later versions. (The folder name was the same as in
English in the older versions of Microsoft Windows.)"

[Bug 34247] "Program Files" is not locale-specific

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34247

--- Comment #9 from Matteo Bruni  ---
(In reply to Nikolay Sivov from comment #6)
> (In reply to sworddragon2 from comment #3)
> > > That means you're running in WoW64 mode. To create 32-bit prefix set env
> > > variable like this WINEARCH=win32 before creating new prefix.
> >
> > This was indeed an issue but now the path is "C:\Program Files\GUILD WARS"
> > with LANG set to de_DE.UTF-8 instead of "C:\Programme\GUILD WARS".
> > > Does Windows create language-specific Program Files? I'm English and hence
> > > ignorant on the subject...
> >
> > Widows XP 32 bit with a german localization does create C:\Programme on the
> > installation and will use it as default directory.
>
> You sure you're looking at actual path and not on a display name as shown by
> Windows Explorer? Also I just tried on Japanese Windows 8.1 and it uses
> non-localized dir names, so it could as well be windows version specific.

At least looking at the OS versions I have here, the actual directory name is
non-localized since Vista, while it is localized on XP.

[Bug 34247] "Program Files" is not locale-specific

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34247

--- Comment #10 from Ken Sharp  ---
Can this be closed? Wine is following Windows' behaviour.