https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34049
--- Comment #2 from Ken Sharp imwellcushtymelike@gmail.com --- In Wine 8.12 IE7 doesn't get this far. I don't know if anyone would be interested in me opening new bugs for the IEs though.
Recipe (thanks to Winetricks):
WINEARCH=win32 winetricks winxp wine iexplore -unregserver rm "$WINEPREFIX/drive_c/Program Files/Internet Explorer/iexplore.exe" wine IE7-WindowsXP-x86-enu.exe /quiet
When trying to run IE7 you see Bug 34047 then it exits silently.
A number of workarounds will probably get this working again (see winetricks) but I won't bother trying if we're not interested in IE as it would likely create more bug reports.