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

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I have Ubuntu installed on a rather small SSD. I want to be able to install Windows programs using Wine, but they have to be installed on the HDD.

By default, Wine creates a folder in the home directory /home/<user>/.wine where the installed Windows programs are saved. I want to change this to another location, such as /media/HDD/.wine

Is there any possibility to achieve this in a simple way?

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answered 3 Years ago learty · Accepted Answer

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)