VarAC rewriting .ini on launch

running Vara modem on a linux box on my network and using FlRig for control

connecting VarAC to modem via TCP from a Xubuntu laptop

which all seems to work just fine

except when launcing VarAC on the the laptop it insists on trying to launch a local instance of VaraHF

it tries 3 times and gives up and brings up the VarAC which works fine

in the settings dialong I have wiped the VaraHF command, but the next time I launch VarAC it rewrites the entry and

goes thru the 3 attempts, fails and brings up the interface

I tried to edit the .ini file manually and it still rewrites it

here is the output of a launch from terminal

k9wkj@wayne-newlap:~/Downloads/VarAC_V8_0_6$ wine VarAC.exe

0016:err:ntoskrnl:ZwLoadDriver failed to create driver L"\\Registry\\Machine\\System\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\COMMSB96": c0000142

001c:err:ntoskrnl:ZwLoadDriver failed to create driver L"\\Registry\\Machine\\System\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\COMMSBEP": c0000142

003c:err:ole:CoGetContextToken apartment not initialised

0009:err:combase:RoGetActivationFactory Failed to find library for L"Windows.Foundation.Diagnostics.AsyncCausalityTracer"

0009:err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {00000320-0000-0000-c000-000000000046} not registered

0009:err:ole:CoGetClassObject no class object {00000320-0000-0000-c000-000000000046} could be created for context 0x80000001

0009:err:ole:marshal_object couldn't get IPSFactory buffer for interface {00000131-0000-0000-c000-000000000046}

0009:err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {00000320-0000-0000-c000-000000000046} not registered

0009:err:ole:CoGetClassObject no class object {00000320-0000-0000-c000-000000000046} could be created for context 0x80000001

0009:err:ole:marshal_object couldn't get IPSFactory buffer for interface {00000122-0000-0000-c000-000000000046}

0009:err:ole:StdMarshalImpl_MarshalInterface Failed to create ifstub, hres=0x80004002

0009:err:ole:CoMarshalInterface Failed to marshal the interface {00000122-0000-0000-c000-000000000046}, 80004002

0009:err:winsock:WSAIoctl -> SIO_ADDRESS_LIST_CHANGE request failed with status 0x2733

0009:err:winsock:WSAIoctl -> SIO_ADDRESS_LIST_CHANGE request failed with status 0x2733

0009:err:winsock:WSAIoctl -> SIO_ADDRESS_LIST_CHANGE request failed with status 0x2733

0009:err:winsock:WSAIoctl -> SIO_ADDRESS_LIST_CHANGE request failed with status 0x2733

wine: Call from 0x7b032f82 to unimplemented function pdh.dll.PdhVbGetDoubleCounterValue, aborting

wine: Unimplemented function pdh.dll.PdhVbGetDoubleCounterValue called at address 7B032F82 (thread 0047), starting debugger...

004d:err:dbghelp:pe_load_dbg_file Couldn't find .DBG file "DLL\\MSVBVM60.dbg" (L"C:\\VARA")

wine: Call from 0x7b032f82 to unimplemented function pdh.dll.PdhVbGetDoubleCounterValue, aborting

wine: Unimplemented function pdh.dll.PdhVbGetDoubleCounterValue called at address 7B032F82 (thread 0056), starting debugger...

005c:err:dbghelp:pe_load_dbg_file Couldn't find .DBG file "DLL\\MSVBVM60.dbg" (L"C:\\VARA")

wine: Call from 0x7b032f82 to unimplemented function pdh.dll.PdhVbGetDoubleCounterValue, aborting

wine: Unimplemented function pdh.dll.PdhVbGetDoubleCounterValue called at address 7B032F82 (thread 0062), starting debugger...

0068:err:dbghelp:pe_load_dbg_file Couldn't find .DBG file "DLL\\MSVBVM60.dbg" (L"C:\\VARA")

this is not a show stopper as VarAC seems to work as it should on the remote laptop

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