http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3697
--- Comment #11 from Shane Mc Cormack Dataforce@Dataforce.org.uk 2008-02-04 14:58:31 --- Using a native msvcrt.dll made it work for me on 0.9.54.
wget http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vc/mfc42.cab cabextract -Lq mfc42.cab cabextract -Lq -F "msvcrt.dll" mfc42.exe mv msvcrt.dll ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32
then set it as native in winecfg.