http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13129
--- Comment #18 from tom tomasmcdonnell@hotmail.com --- I made an .sh file that will load a registry file that has the key in question deleted, then runs persona..
If you use this work around, you will first need to run 'wine regedit' from terminal, and manually delete the key mentioned, then export the whole registry to default location. This is the file that will be reloaded into the wine registry at every excecution of the script.