Wine 11.8 Improves VBScript Compatibility, Finally Fixes Microsoft Golf 1999
Wine 11.8, a bi-weekly development release, enhances compatibility for running Windows applications on Linux and other platforms. It includes significant improvements to VBScript support, implementing features like ExecuteGlobal and Eval. Notably, it fixes a long-standing bug that caused Microsoft Golf 1999 to crash on startup, originally reported in 2002.
- ▪Wine 11.8 improves VBScript compatibility by implementing ExecuteGlobal, Eval, and other features.
- ▪The release fixes a bug in Microsoft Golf 1999 that caused it to crash on startup, first reported in 2002.
- ▪Wine 11.8 includes 22 known bug fixes, including improvements for Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Lockdown and updates to the Mono engine.
- ▪The release continues work on a new MSXML re-implementation independent of the libxml2 library.
- ▪Wine 11.8 also enhances keyboard layout support using XKBRegistry.
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Wine 11.8 Improves VBScript Compatibility, Finally Fixes Microsoft Golf 1999 Written by Michael Larabel in WINE on 1 May 2026 at 05:52 PM EDT. Add A Comment Wine 11.8 delivers the latest and greatest support for running Windows applications and games under Linux and other platforms. This newest bi-weekly development release brings several more enhancements in working toward Wine 12.0 stable due out in early 2027. Similar to recent Wine bi-weekly development versions, Wine 11.8 continues further working on its MSXML re-implementation without depending upon the libxml2 library. Wine 11.8 also updates its Mono engine against Mono 11.1 and improves its keyboard layout support using XKBRegistry.
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