wine users - Nov 2009 - attach_process_dlls "shell32.dll" failed to initialize, abor

After upgrading from Ubuntu 9.04 64-bit to 9.10 I get the following error:

eugene at eugene-work:~$ notepad
err:module:attach_process_dlls "shell32.dll" failed to initialize,
aborting
err:module:LdrInitializeThunk Main exe initialization for
L"C:\\windows\\system32\\notepad.exe" failed, status c0000005
eugene at eugene-work:~$ 

Please advise.

eugenevdm wrote:
> After upgrading from Ubuntu 9.04 64-bit to 9.10 I get the following error:
Reinstall Wine.

KenJackson wrote:
> Error 5 is ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED.  Maybe permissions aren't getting set
right.

You might be onto something. But first of all, are you sure 'Error 5' is
the same as status c0000005?

Why you might be onto something is the ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32$ is
completely empty. At one stage there was still some data in it (before I removed
and re-installed) but now no matter how many times I remove and re-install this
folder stays empty.

I am installing wine from Synaptics. The version reported is:
wine-1.0.1

I also tried installing wine from the latest repositries
http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-wine/ppa/ubuntu
This installs wine 1.1.31 

wine notepad gives the same error.
err:module:attach_process_dlls "shell32.dll" failed to initialize,
aborting
err:module:LdrInitializeThunk Main exe initialization for
L"C:\\windows\\system32\\notepad.exe" failed, status c0000005

Still no joy. Getting kind of desperate. Thanks for everyone who has responded
so far.

Reinstall your video drivers.