http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10347
--- Comment #12 from Jonathan echidnaman@gmail.com 2008-05-27 15:18:10 --- Yes, the winetricks workaround (which I assume is just native comctl?) works around the issue quite successfully.
The application doesn't appear until you hit crtl + c in the console. Then it displays an "Out of Memory" popup. After this the program runs normally. But this should be filed as another bug...