ok.. deleted .wine again and ran winetricks vbrun60 then executed wine A3.exe error log is shorter this time :) fixme:ole:OleLoadPictureEx (0xa9e5ac,281222,1,{7bf80980-bf32-101a-8bbb-00aa00300cab},x=0,y=0,f=0,0x32faf0), partially implemented. fixme:ole:OleLoadPictureEx (0xa9e5ac,2246,0,{7bf80980-bf32-101a-8bbb-00aa00300cab},x=0,y=0,f=0,0x32faf0), partially implemented. fixme:ole:OLEPictureImpl_SaveAsFile (0x181400)->(0x18b740, 0, (nil)), hacked stub. err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {0d43fe01-f093-11cf-8940-00a0c9054228} not registered err:ole:create_server class {0d43fe01-f093-11cf-8940-00a0c9054228} not registered err:ole:CoGetClassObject no class object {0d43fe01-f093-11cf-8940-00a0c9054228} could be created for context 0x5 I got a popup saying "Run-time error '429': ActiveX component cant create object." there is a bypass launcher for the game (one that does not call the updater first). This one is asking for mfc42.dll