http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11160
--- Comment #5 from Robert Riches rm.riches@verizon.net 2008-01-13 19:05:54 --- I use environment variable WINEPREFIX to set the path to the prefix area. Yes, I did remove the old prefix area before starting the installation. In fact, I did two separate installations yesterday and three times today, starting with removing the old prefix area.
Yes, I made sure to click the last "Finish" or "OK" button at the end of installation, each of the five times.
One other thing I had forgotten to write down in the initial report. On some installations, after I click the last button, the IKernel.exe and wineserver processes go CPU bound for about a minute (on a 2.4GHz Pentium 4 "A" (Northwood, if I'm informed correctly)).
In case it might help, I'll attach the screen messages that show up before the hang.