http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16372
--- Comment #3 from Ben Dundas bendy5000@gmail.com 2008-12-06 13:32:48 --- (In reply to comment #2)
What distro? Where did you got Wine from and how installed it? Can you remove / rename ~/.wine directory and run 'wine notepad'? Does it show the mouse pointer?
ubuntu 8.10; got wine from this site; yes i can (to all other questions) and no, when i open notepad it doesn't show the cursor