http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5080
------- Additional Comments From jpakkane@yahoo.com 2006-15-08 12:03 ------- On windows the behaviour is the same. It does not usually show itself, since the shortcuts installed have set the "run in directory" property to point to the install directory.
So I guess that this could be classified as a bug in the software. But it also illustrates a difference in how programs are started in Wine and in real Windows.