[Bug 16333] New: Steam won't install - MSI_OpenDatabaseW open failed

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16333

Summary: Steam won't install - MSI_OpenDatabaseW open failed
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.1.9
          Platform: PC
               URL: http://storefront.steampowered.com/download/SteamInstall
                    .msi
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: msi
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]

Created an attachment (id=17637)
 --> (http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=17637)
full output of running the installer

hi,

I am on a fairly new opensuse 11 install with wine 1.1.9 package from the
opensuse build service.

I just installed wine and first ran "wine iexplore http://google.com" to have
the gecko engine installed for steam.

then I run "wine start SteamInstall.msi" which yields:
fixme:exec:SHELL_execute flags ignored: 0x00000500
fixme:msi:MSI_OpenDatabaseW open failed r = 8003001e for
L"C:\windows\temp\msi1da.tmp"

I see some window very briefly popup and disappear again.
if I run "wine msiexec /i SteamInstall.msi" I just get the second fixme and no
window popup

I don't know if this may be related, but I know, on windows, if you start an
MSI install from a subst'ed drive (for example, on my real windows I have T:
mapped to C:\temp), it will fail too with no clear reason..