How to change the directory .wine of Wine to a different directory

I looked in the "configure Wine" window, but to change the C directory is greyed out:

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Simple solution: a link

What simply works however is:

  • Move the folder drive_c from ~/.wine/ to any accesible location of your choice (The c-drive is probably what you really want to move, since applications are stored in that directory)

  • Make a link from there into the folder ~/.wine/:

      ln -s /path/to/the_other_location/drive_c ~/.wine
    

That should simply work (and it does on my system)

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