http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3720
------- Additional Comments From Weeds2000@gmx.de 2005-01-11 00:02 ------- No fix, but I found a workaround for this problem.
Find an Application that uses a working version of InstallShield (for me Battlefield Vietnam does the job)
Start installation
Goto C:\Program Files\Shared Files\ (don't know if this is correct, on a german machine this would be C:\Programme\Gemeinsame Dateien) and copy the InstallShield folder to a save place (in case another application overwrites your files)
Hit Cancel on the installation
Start the Installation of the app that gives the 80040706 error. It should not overwrite the files, but use the present files and installation works just fine. Sometimes I get an error that IKernel.exe could not be copied. This can be solved by overwriting it with a fresh one out of your backup folder.