Also, reinstalling all apps just because you upgraded Wine seems a bit overkill, no?
Well, yeah, but over time I think it becomes necessary as the contents of the initial registry/config file change etc ... it's hard to know exactly what you need to do so reinstalling is the easiest way.
It sucks, I agree.
What was the ultimate bugfix if you have a problem in Windows? Looks like wine is really getting close to become like Windows :)
bye Fabi