The only application I was using wine to open was Cardfile which I've been using since Windows 3.1. This is the case on both of the machines I've upgraded to 8.04 and updated as they've become available. I tried purging and reinstalling wine on one of the computers. Since none of those viewing have offered a suggestion, this appears to be a "head scratcher," so I'm considering reverting back to 7.10.
Resolved, found solution by chance and experimentation on Wine web site.
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