http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24792
--- Comment #7 from Dan Kegel dank@kegel.com 2010-10-22 14:18:39 CDT --- You can also reproduce by just copying nmake.exe from a windows system into a clean wineprefix, and running it with wine. You should see its error message, but you won't unless you redirect it to a file and cat the file.