https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42186
--- Comment #10 from Paul The Tall paulthetall@gmail.com --- I just checked, and you are right, with 2.8 staging it works again. Checked one game (flashback) which didn't work before. However I have to say, That there are 2 more things not working properly but no show stopper:
1. Because winhttp cannot be native, it takes ages before the installing starts. Its initializing ages (about 5 minutes) 2. Loading in the games icons in the "games" tab.