- if you haven't already, install current WINE
for example in current Ubuntu with the following console command which includes winetricks and the 32bit version: for Linux Mint 18.x - right click on the installer -> open with -> WINE windows program loader
- install wherever (will appear in your wine directory)
- ignore the error messages
- edit the appearing desktop icon with right click -> properties -> command
add "--disable-gpu" at the very end so that the end of it looks like this "Care.lnk --disable-gpu"
- run desktop shortcut

done

Kudos go to incognoscente for finding out and mentioning the essential fix.

Thanks Klumpen0815.

Maybe you'd also be interested in adding your report to the general run in Wine thread. Just read an already posted report there, since there is a general format to be followed.

THANK YOU! I really appreciate this! You made my night!

Thanks.

In order to get the hashes, navigate to the folder, where the installer backup is kept using the terminal or Mint/Cinnamon nemo file manager and use "open a terminal in the active folder" button or from right click menu "open in terminal".

The commands needed are:
md5sum setup_tender_loving_care_1.0_\(12852\).exe
sha1sum setup_tender_loving_care_1.0_\(12852\).exe

You will get the hashes produced with these two algorithms. Generally only one hash is enough though.

EDIT: I don't own the game to get the hashes and post them here.
EDIT2: Fix commands by escaping parenthesis.

I'm sorry!
My fault. I just copied the file name from your report. Parenthesis should be escaped.

md5sum setup_tender_loving_care_1.0_\(12852\).exe
sha1sum setup_tender_loving_care_1.0_\(12852\).exe

Fixed.

So the problem was GOG's new version system, I thought as much.
Why do parentheses need to be "escaped"?

In many programming environments (like bash here) some characters have a meaning in the context of the script/code itself.

Escaping them is necessary to "tell" the system, that it should treat those characters as part of the string literal and not with their special meaning.

Got it, thanks.

You're welcome.

Your report states you're using Wine 1.6.2, which is the default version included in the Mint's repositories.

I checked your installation script (a chain of commands, the double & symbols (&&) allow the execution of the next command, only if the previous one has been completed successfully).

Given the official wine repository and the installation command of winehq-devel, your installation should have been much newer.

I checked again and your repository is not the correct one for Mint 18.x, but for the latest version of Ubuntu (Mint 18.x is based on Ubuntu 16.04 xenial): Source: https://wiki.winehq.org/Ubuntu

Check with this command (no elevated privileges needed to see the contents):
grep winehq /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list

If you used that script for the wine installation you'll see:
deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/
instead of:
deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ xenial main

If you'd like to fix this and since, as I understand, you feel more comfortable with graphical tools use Mint Menu->Administration->Software Sources.

So for Mint, the command should read as follows: ?

I get this then: The tutorial I had the lines from stated, that it should also work in 64bit and just includes the 32bit arch.

Sorry for taking you literally but that's all I can and I try to make the first post need as few previous knowledge as possible (also for my own sake).
And then add under "Additional repositories" "deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ xenial main" ?

Didn't change anything so far after refreshing.

Hi,

don't run the installation script again. Your system will end with many repository entries.

The error was because architecture may only set the at time the time of prefix creation created. Your system has already a .wine 64-bit prefix.
The script is setting a variable
export WINEARCH=win32
Then when wine run by command
winecfg
reads the variable try to create a 32-bit default .wine prefix, but it finds it already exists and the architecture does not match. No WINEARCH value on a 64-bit system creates a 64-bit prefix.

Give me a moment I'll add screenshots for the graphical tools.

EDIT: See in screenshots how to open Software Sources and then where will be Winehq entry. If there are multiple entries remove the extra ones. There should be the correct one there too, since you run the script again, but if needed you may edit the entry.

Then just use the update manager. It should find the upgrade.

I'd be more even interested in the correct terminal command for the current Linux Mint, I've added the notion, that the above is for Ubuntu in the first post.
Did I get the corrected one further below (for new installations) right?

I think it's fine for new installations of Wine on Mint 18.x. At a point there will be a question about the installation. If you don't want to appear use: The apt-add-repository -y option answers yes to questions.

EDIT: I found why you got that architecture error. There was a missing & in your script. I have fixed it.