https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44278
--- Comment #4 from Maik Wagner maiktapwagner@aol.com --- (In reply to Ken Sharp from comment #3)
"winetricks vcrun2015" or "winetricks vcrun2017" should work around this.
And indeed: winetricks vcrun2017 solves this issue. I added this information to the AppDB entry for "Known workarounds".
Thanks Ken!