As i already pointed out try the winetricks stuff, then install the app, and run it, it starts for me then. If you don't want to remove your ~/.wine, why not install in a seperate WINEPREFIX? Always a good idea. Do this: wget http://kegel.com/wine/winetricks WINEPREFIX=~/garbage sh winetricks riched20 vb6run art2kmin mdac27 wsh56 WINEPREFIX=~/garbage wine setup.exe cd ~/garbage/drive_c/Program\ Files/sip/ WINEPREFIX=~/garbage wine SIP.exe