http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9288
--- Comment #1 from Lei Zhang thestig@google.com 2008-03-11 18:05:50 --- Can you try again with wine 0.9.57? Please use a clean .wine directory and install gecko ahead of time:
mv ~/.wine ~/.wine.old wineprefixcreate -w wine iexplore wine /path/to/armed_assault_installer.exe
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