https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41154
--- Comment #5 from winetest@luukku.com --- (In reply to spamkill from comment #4)
Ok, had to set up a new win32 only prefix with the environment variable. Reinstall ie8, and it now runs the UI properly.
However, it won't connect. Connects fine with WinXP on Virtualbox.
It seems to be bug 38839.