http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24457
--- Comment #7 from nathan.n saturn_systems@yahoo.com 2010-11-01 01:25:11 CDT --- (In reply to comment #6)
Try adding 'winetricks msxml3'. (So, if starting from scratch, 'winetricks ie6 msxml3')
Yes that did the trick and now gets past the issue.
The program starts up and looks to be usable.