[Bug 50749] New: Microcap 12 has some different behaviour if 'installed' or not

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https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50749

Bug ID: 50749
           Summary: Microcap 12 has some different behaviour if
                    'installed' or not
           Product: Wine
           Version: 6.0
          Hardware: x86-64
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
      Distribution: ---

Created attachment 69531
  --> https://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=69531
welcome dialog is displayed after fresh install

Not a bug per se, but a record that upon unzipping, the user is presented with
two executables (32 & 64-bit) that they can use to run MC12 directly.

The user is also presented with a setup.exe that guides it through an installer
(which will place it in the c_drive of your selected wine_prefix).

If I run the exe installed into the c-drive, there are two immediate
differences on startup:

1. the README pdf opens automatically
 2. a 'Welcome' dialogue opens

Both of these only happen upon the first boot after install and not again after
that.  It's probably a trivial difference but I'm taking a note of it anyway. 
Since it's still unclear which option would lead to a more stable program.

Please feel free to mark this as 'Resolved' immediately

Using Mint 20

[Bug 50749] Microcap 12 has some different behaviour if 'installed' or not

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https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50749

Austin English  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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     Ever confirmed|0                           |1
             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |NEEDINFO

--- Comment #1 from Austin English  ---
Have you tried this on windows? Does the behavior differ from what you see on
wine?

This sounds like an application problem, not a wine problem.

[Bug 50749] Microcap 12 has some different behaviour if 'installed' or not

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https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50749

--- Comment #2 from Graial  ---
(In reply to Austin English from comment #1)
> Have you tried this on windows? Does the behavior differ from what you see
> on wine?
>
> This sounds like an application problem, not a wine problem.

Just checked and this behaviour is the same on windows.

This doesn't create a problem by itself but I'm making a record of it in case
future bugs may behave differently on the installed vs non-installed
application.

Many thanks for the feedback

[Bug 50749] Microcap 12 has some different behaviour if 'installed' or not

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https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50749

Austin English  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEEDINFO                    |CLOSED
         Resolution|---                         |INVALID

--- Comment #3 from Austin English  ---
(In reply to Graial from comment #2)
> (In reply to Austin English from comment #1)
> > Have you tried this on windows? Does the behavior differ from what you see
> > on wine?
> >
> > This sounds like an application problem, not a wine problem.
>
> Just checked and this behaviour is the same on windows.

Thanks, this is INVALID then.
> This doesn't create a problem by itself but I'm making a record of it in
> case future bugs may behave differently on the installed vs non-installed
> application.

Please don't use wine's bug tracker for that. You could submit a note to the
AppDB if you really think it's necessary (or report it to the developer
themselves).

[Bug 50749] Microcap 12 (MC12) shows different first-time startup behaviour depending on whether 'setup.exe' has been used or main executable is run directly after unpacking zip archive

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Anastasius Focht  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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           Keywords|                            |download
                URL|                            |https://web.archive.org/web
                   |                            |/20210301174639if_/http://w
                   |                            |ww.spectrum-soft.com/downlo
                   |                            |ad/mc12cd.zip
                 CC|                            |[e-mail]
            Summary|Microcap 12 has some        |Microcap 12 (MC12) shows
                   |different behaviour if      |different first-time
                   |'installed' or not          |startup behaviour depending
                   |                            |on whether 'setup.exe' has
                   |                            |been used or main
                   |                            |executable is run directly
                   |                            |after unpacking zip archive

[Bug 50749] Microcap 12 (MC12) shows different first-time startup behaviour depending on whether 'setup.exe' has been used or main executable is run directly after unpacking zip archive

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https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50749

--- Comment #4 from Graial  ---
Noted, Apologies for the inconvenience.

I've taken on the role of maintainer for this project, so I'm just trying to
get organised at this time.

This will make its way into the HOWTO in one way or another