[Bug 27053] New: Publisher 2000 runs under old, does not run under new, .wine directory structure

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27053

Summary: Publisher 2000 runs under old, does not run under new,
                    .wine directory structure
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.3.18
          Platform: x86-64
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]

Created an attachment (id=34484)
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Terminal output from running "winetricks dcom98"

Running Fedora 14 x86_64 and Wine 1.3.18. I have Googled and searched winehq
without finding this problem reported.

I installed Wine quite a while ago, when I was still on Fedora 11, I think. At
that time, I installed MS Publisher 2000 and it required some modification to
the standard Wine in order to run. From memory, I had to run winetricks to
install DCOM98 and there may have been other tweaks required - I did not note
them down at the time, but found the page giving the fix through Google
(although I cannot find it again now - sigh!). Publisher 2000 runs fine under
that older .wine tree, in spite of reports to the contrary in the Wine
applications database.

I recently decided to have a go at installing MS Access97, but the installer
only ran for a few seconds after accepting the licence and install directory
inputs. Google turned up a few threads which suggested starting with a fresh
.wine tree, by renaming the existing tree and running winecfg. I did that and
installed Access97 OK, although it has some problems.

However, I cannot get Publisher 2000 to run in the new tree and winetricks does
not want to install DCOM98 - see attached winetricks_dcom98.txt. The system
pops up a dialog saying "A newer version of DCOM95 or DCOM98 had been
installed. To override, you must uninstall the current version first."

Publisher 2000 installs OK, but any attempt to run it comes up with the message
"Windows is low on memory or your hard disk is full. Try closing other programs
and freeing some space on your hard disk before starting Publisher". From
memory, that was the message I was getting under the original .wine tree before
I used winetricks to install DCOM98.

Now I have two trees, one called .winesav, which is the tree from Wine version
1.3.18, containing a running Access97 and faulty Publisher 2000, and the other
called .wine, which was created with the earlier version of Wine and has the
running Publisher 2000 but will not allow me to install Access97.

While trying to install DCOM98, winetricks sets dll overrides for *ole32,
*oleaut32 and *rpcrt4. Checking on these in the two trees shows the current
version of Wine is creating a different directory structure:

[doug@cardraeh ~]$ find .wine -iname "oleaut32*"
.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/oleaut32.dll
[doug@cardraeh ~]$ find .winesav -iname "oleaut32*"
.winesav/drive_c/windows/syswow64/oleaut32.dll

I would prefer to use the newer tree and get Publisher 2000 running in it, as
it does under the older tree. It seems that will require winetricks to
successfully install DCOM98 into the new tree and my best uninformed guess is
that it is the difference in tree structure which is causing my problem.

[Bug 27053] Publisher 2000 runs under old, does not run under new, .wine directory structure

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27053

--- Comment #1 from [e-mail] 2011-05-07 18:37:29 CDT ---
Subsequently, I found there is a new version of winetricks that does not
provide DCOM98, so I assume the latest Wine does not need that tweak. I created
a new .wine and installed Publisher2000 and Office97 into it, without using
winetricks.

Publisher still gives the message "Windows is low on memory or your hard disk
is full. Try closing other programs and freeing some space on your hard disk
before starting Publisher"

Office97 components run quite well (there are several problems which are not
the subject of this bug report, but Word and Excel seem to run OK; Access is a
bit patchy as to what parts of it work; Powerpoint wizards get into a failure
loop and it is impossible to close the window except by killing the process.)

As Publisher runs fine in the old .wine, but not in the new one, would it be
any help for me to post here the differences between the two? I regret I still
have not been able to track down the page which shows how to get Publisher2000
working.

[Bug 27053] Publisher 2000 runs under old, does not run under new, .wine directory structure

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27053

--- Comment #2 from Austin English  2013-11-13 16:50:23 CST ---
This is your friendly reminder that there has been no bug activity for 2 years.
Is this still an issue in current (1.7.6 or newer) wine? If so, please attach
the terminal output in 1.7.6 (see http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#get_log).

[Bug 27053] Publisher 2000 runs under old, does not run under new, .wine directory structure

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27053

Anastasius Focht  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
                 CC|                            |[e-mail]
         Resolution|---                         |ABANDONED

--- Comment #3 from Anastasius Focht  ---
Hello folks,

no further response from OP, resolving 'abandoned'
Reopen if still a problem with _recent_ Wine version and _clean_ WINEPREFIX.

Also don't use winetricks recipes/native overrides unless you know what you're
doing.

Regards

[Bug 27053] Publisher 2000 runs under old, does not run under new, .wine directory structure

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27053

Bruno Jesus  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|RESOLVED                    |CLOSED

--- Comment #4 from Bruno Jesus  ---
Closing abandoned bugs.