Re: Question about default Wine prefix

F_style wrote:
> 
> I noticed that, even with last 1.5 versions of Wine, the default OS original Wine prefix emulates is stil Windows XP. Maybe there's a good reason to keep it as it is, 

Most apps work with that setting. 


> Are Windows applications affected very much by the prefix's emulated Windows version? 

Some are. Office 2007/2010 can't save files if the setting is above XP. 


>  Is it just a matter of changing the setting in winecfg,
> 

Yes. And you can change it globally or per app.