https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56512
--- Comment #6 from David dav75uk@yahoo.co.uk --- I've just retried install from scratch and it's working!
Couple of things that I did:
I had to use winecfg to set the wine version, I had to set it to windows 10. It was currently not popping up this was a problem (I saw it on reboot) and was just exiting silently.
The issue on this ticket might have been fixed by appending an extra character to the end of the key. The key for these products is a fixed string depending on which product it is. In this case CB17. First time it didn't work, second time I added a space at the end and it did. I don't remember having to do this on the windows install, so might be a bug somewhere. I may try unregister, delete and try again to see if this is indeed needed.
I also noticed the serial number was now there on the admin tool and it said registered. The in-app key check (first time you run it - probably to try to stop install and copy) worked as well now the serial number was valid.
This can be closed though. I'll try again soon to see if the key entry is a difference wine vs windows, and I'll mention it on the application page. I'll also update the review as soon as we get to the stable version - it might be deserving of silver now.