Can't revert to system Windows App Support after failed Wine update

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Hello! I'm new to Zorin & Linux so generally an idiot about how this stuff works, but a quick learner. Here's my problem: I was using Windows App Support to install/run various .exe files, mostly without issue. After updating Wine from version 9.0 to the latest 10.9 via WineHQ, Wine/Windows App Support has lost the ability to open 64-bit .exe files and is supposedly now only a 32-bit installation. Probably my fault, I did something wrong in the terminal etc etc. I gave up on fixing this, but have now tried several times to purge Wine & Windows App Support from my system & then reinstall to at least get back where I started, and I can't even make that work. I've tried uninstalling both Wine and Windows App Support via the terminal (e.g. sudo apt remove --purge wine) AND through the Software app, then reinstalling, but no luck.

Is there some kind of "revert to system settings" option for this sort of situation, short of reinstalling the entire OS from scratch? I love the idea of Linux (and Zorin in particular) so I'm really hoping there's a simple way around this which doesn't involve a university degree in coding.

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When you installed via WineHQ - did you add a Repository to install Wine from and if so - what repository?
You can check in terminal with the output of

sudo apt update

easily as that will list all your sources.

Or with the Software & Updates app > Other Software.

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https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/debian buster InRelease - is that what you mean?

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I recommend removing that repository (and remvoe any installation of Wine) and instead using either the Zorin Repo (Which you do not need to add anything)

sudo apt update && sudo apt install zorin-windows-app-support

OR
The Ubuntu 22.04 Wine Repository:
wget -O - https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/winehq-archive.key -

sudo wget -NP /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/dists/jammy/winehq-jammy.sources

sudo apt update && sudo apt install --install-recommends winehq-stable

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Thanks for the suggestions! Unfortunately none of them have solved the issue - I still can't get 64-bit .exe files to open. I'm just going to leave it for now and reinstall the whole OS when I have time for that.