http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8840
------- Additional Comments From dank@kegel.com 2007-03-07 21:43 ------- "are u saying i have to un-tar the contents in my home directory ?"
No, I'm saying 1. execute the command rm -rf ~/.wine but not if you care about what's in your .wine directory. You could also just do cd ~ mv .wine .wine.old that would be ok, and wouldn't delete your data. The idea is to start with an empty .wine directory.
2. Then run your installer. (You probably need to run the installer rather than just copy the .exe, but I can't tell, you'd have to try it both ways to see.)
Then reproduce the problem as directed in my other steps...