http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8195
--- Comment #23 from Peter Quiring pquiring@gmail.com 2012-01-03 12:29:51 CST --- I think this bug is related to Ubuntu Unity desktop. I've switched to standard Gnome3 shell and don't have this problem anymore, regardless of options I set in winecfg. Unity is so buggy anyways. Can someone else install gnome-shell,gnome-themes-standard on Ubuntu to test if this fixes for you.