wine users - Dec 2010 - Wine produces lots of errors

I am using Ubuntu 10.10 and I have installed wine 1.3.9 in order to run windows
software called AAF revovery tool for reprogramming a satellite receiver with
software of a different supplier. The installation seems to run smoothly but
after completion the tool does not start up. I also installed Expert Debugger
and Mono 2.6.7 for windows. I can't start up these programs either. Just for
testing purposes I installed a windows driver update program called uniblue. The
same pain in the neck.
If I click the wine uninstall button a window warns me: The program
uninstaller.exe has encountered a serious problem. The programs having an
uninstaller of their own display the same problem.
The only installed program working properly is windows scratch bloc or whatever
this is named in English.
Anybody willing to initiate me in the secrets of wine?

I have been experiencing the same problem ever since I upgraded to 1.3.9.

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The program uninstaller.exe has encountered a serious problem and needs to
close.  We are sorry for the inconvenience.

This can be caused by a problem in the program of a deficiency in Wine.  You may
want to check http://appdb.winehq.org for tips about running this application.

If this problem is not present under Windows and has not been reported yet, you
can report it at http://bugs.winehq.org.
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This happens every time I attempt to launch the Wine uninstaller.  Like the OP I
am also running Ubuntu 10.10.

I am about to run off and file a bug but I wanted to post this here as well to
let everyone know that this is not a problem isolated to a single user.  Until I
saw this post I was concerned that I was the only one experiencing the problem.

Bug submitted:

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25513