Question: Tried to solve a problem I had with my Ubuntu based OS and Wine, but Mitch pretending is some sort of god decided to put it on hold and close it after I hurt his feelings, maybe.

This problem is even more Ubuntu related because it's targeting the Ubuntu forum. Mitch is the only moderator over here? Or I could have the chance to ask my questions when he goes to bathroom and someone else to see it without closing it?

Hope to get a response from the community. Assuming that Mitch doesn't see it first, to close it.

Answer: 
Let's Look at your post from a wider perspective:

This site is run by volunteers, spending their time to ask and answer questions. The ones who are no doubt the most committed are the moderators. They voluntarily spend *a lot* of time, for free, and play a major role to canalize the huge daily amount of posts. 

We learned to know them as people of high integrity. They are doing their job helpfully, professionally and mostly silently. If you think something went wrong, you can always ask, or post a question on Meta. If your arguments are correct, you will be answered accordingly. That actually is the proof of their quality and integrity. They should be admired for what they do.

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Then a post like yours passes by. Obviously you even don't know where you are (*not* the Ubuntu forums) and you didn't put *any* effort in finding out what is the basic principle of AU. Yet you start rambling, and attacking one of the people we respect for good reasons, in an arrogant and a personal way.

What do you think will happen?
First thing, there are [more than one moderator(s) here:](http://meta.askubuntu.com/users?tab=moderators)
![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/bCxRQ.png)

The reason your question was closed is that elementary OS is off-topic as although it is based on Ubuntu, it has been modified to make it a different [derivative](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DerivativeTeam/Derivatives#Recognised_Flavors) system (its main feature being the Pantheon desktop) these differences can mean that the problem is due to the modifications done to the Ubuntu base system.

Your issue does appear to be more to do with the wine version you using (if you want help with a problem, please include the version you are using as it makes it easier to answer it). Version 3 [looks like it works in 12.04](https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=30159&iTestingId=86850), it suggests looking at the comment [here](https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=27978&iTestingId=81595#Comment-85628) (or [here](https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=27978&iTestingId=81595#Comment-89409)) for the prerequisites required for it to work are installed.

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> 1. new 32-bit WINEPREFIX
> 2. install .NET 3.5 SP1 using 'winetricks -q dotnet35sp1' (make sure you checked .NET appdb entry for hints, e.g. latest winetricks script)
> 3. use 'winetricks -q windowscodecs' to work around bug 33384 (WPF)
> 4. use winecfg and set 'windowscodecsext' component to 'native' (just like 'windowscodecs'
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If you are using a old wine version (less than 1.7), it likely will help to install a more recent 'development' version of wine: [How to install and configure Wine?](https://askubuntu.com/q/316025/178596)