http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15904
--- Comment #6 from Simetrical Simetrical+wine@gmail.com 2008-12-22 14:54:09 --- It seems to have been related to the no-CD crack. Possibly that was actually what was broken, i.e., maybe this isn't Wine's fault. When I upgraded in a different way, without using a no-CD crack, the problem didn't occur. I posted how I did it here:
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=13866#Comme...
So this is no longer a problem for me.