http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9936
--- Comment #11 from Mathias De Maré mathias.demare@gmail.com 2008-01-15 14:11:00 --- (In reply to comment #10)
Sounds like it didn't install properly. Can you: $ rm -rf ~/.wine Install PPV 2007 $ cd ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Microsoft\ Office/Office12/ $ wine PPTVIEW.EXE
And see if it works? Where are you getting wine? Are you building from source, using WineHQ, or the ubuntu repos?
I was using the WineHQ apt repository, but I'm afraid I can't execute those commands right now. Due to some overactive tinkering, I nuked my Ubuntu install a few weeks back, and I've been to busy to reinstall.
Once I've reinstalled, I'll try it again.