http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15649
--- Comment #8 from Philip Nilsson leffeman@gmail.com 2009-06-17 09:46:05 --- (In reply to comment #7)
The only workaround I can give you is to pass "--nowelcome" command line parameter which basically omits the splash screen at all, preventing the buggy code. Please report back if that works for you.
That does omit the splash screen, but the result is the same.