[Bug 26463] Multiple applications and games need 'hta' file association, reporting ' There is no Windows program configured to open this kind of file' ( 18 Wheels of Steel, HTA Examples)

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26463

--- Comment #5 from Jeff D. Hanson  ---
Workaround using native mshta.exe from IE8:

winetricks -q ie8
wine reg.exe ADD HKCU\Software\Wine\DllOverrides /v "mshta.exe" /t REG_SZ /d
"native,builtin"

Tested with 18 Wheels Of Steel: Big City Rigs (includes American Long Haul,
Garbage Truck, and Bus Simulator) on Wine Staging 2.0-RC1.  Xubuntu 14.04
x86_64.

Assuming CD is mapped to d: in Wine, the CD autorun launcher can be started
using the following command.  Not strictly necessary since setup.exe can be
started directly on the CD.

wine C:\windows\command\start.exe /d d:\ d:\autorun.exe Launch.hta

IE 6 doesn't work at all (bug #42086).
IE 7 works for the launcher window but is ugly (bug #42087).  It doesn't work
for game *.desktop (*.lnk) files (play.hta).