diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7e4f19c4..bdc8655d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ### Added
 - added setting to disable overlay icons
+- added ability to specify sandboxie.ini location in registry
+ - open "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SbieDrv" and set "IniPath"
+ - use a for the path like "\??\C:\my_path\my_sandboxie.ini"
+
+### Changed
+- improved hadling of dll injection failure
 
 ### Fixed
 - fixed issue with command lines [#2858](https://github.com/sandboxie-plus/Sandboxie/issues/2858)
@@ -16,6 +22,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 
 
+
 ## [1.9.2 / 5.64.2] - 2023-04-24
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/Sandboxie/core/drv/conf.c b/Sandboxie/core/drv/conf.c
index 722ca538..89e81820 100644
--- a/Sandboxie/core/drv/conf.c
+++ b/Sandboxie/core/drv/conf.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright 2004-2020 Sandboxie Holdings, LLC 
- * Copyright 2020-2021 David Xanatos, xanasoft.com
+ * Copyright 2020-2023 David Xanatos, xanasoft.com
  *
  * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ typedef struct _CONF_DATA {
 #ifdef USE_CONF_MAP
     HASH_MAP sections_map;
 #endif
-    BOOLEAN home;       // TRUE if configuration read from Driver_Home_Path
+    ULONG home;         // 1 if configuration read from Driver_Home_Path
+    WCHAR* path;
     ULONG encoding;     // 0 - unicode, 1 - utf8, 2 - unicode (byte swapped)
     volatile ULONG use_count;
 
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ _FX NTSTATUS Conf_Read(ULONG session_id)
     WCHAR linenum_str[32];
     ULONG path_len;
     WCHAR *path = NULL;
-    BOOLEAN path_home;
+    ULONG path_home;
     STREAM *stream = NULL;
     POOL *pool;
 
@@ -212,29 +213,59 @@ _FX NTSTATUS Conf_Read(ULONG session_id)
     // or (Home Path)\Sandboxie.ini
     //
 
-    path_len = 32;      // room for \SystemRoot
-    if (path_len < wcslen(Driver_HomePathDos) * sizeof(WCHAR))
-        path_len = wcslen(Driver_HomePathDos) * sizeof(WCHAR);
-    path_len += 64;     // room for \Sandboxie.ini
+    path_len = 260 * sizeof(WCHAR);
+    //path_len = 32;      // room for \SystemRoot
+    if (path_len < wcslen(Driver_HomePathDos) * sizeof(WCHAR) + 64)
+        path_len = wcslen(Driver_HomePathDos) * sizeof(WCHAR) + 64;
+    //path_len += 64;     // room for \Sandboxie.ini
+    
 
-    path = ExAllocatePoolWithTag(PagedPool, path_len, tzuk);
-    if (! path)
+    pool = Pool_Create();
+    if (! pool)
         return STATUS_INSUFFICIENT_RESOURCES;
 
+    path = Mem_Alloc(pool, path_len);
+    if (! path) {
+        Pool_Delete(pool);
+        return STATUS_INSUFFICIENT_RESOURCES;
+    }
+
+    //
+    // try open a custom configuration file, if set
+    //
+
+    UNICODE_STRING IniPath = { 0, (USHORT)path_len - (4 * sizeof(WCHAR)), path };
+    status = GetRegString(RTL_REGISTRY_ABSOLUTE, Driver_RegistryPath, L"IniPath", &IniPath);
+    if (NT_SUCCESS(status)) {
+
+        if (path[0] != L'\\') {
+            wmemmove(path + 4, path, (IniPath.Length / sizeof(WCHAR)) + 1);
+            wmemcpy(path, L"\\??\\", 4);
+        }
+
+        path_home = 2;
+        status = Stream_Open(
+            &stream, path,
+            FILE_GENERIC_READ, 0, FILE_SHARE_READ, FILE_OPEN, 0);
+    }
+
     //
     // open the configuration file, try both places, home first
     //
 
-	path_home = TRUE; //  = FALSE;
-	RtlStringCbPrintfW(path, path_len, path_sandboxie, Driver_HomePathDos); // , SystemRoot);
+    if (!NT_SUCCESS(status)) {
 
-    status = Stream_Open(
-        &stream, path, FILE_GENERIC_READ, 0, FILE_SHARE_READ, FILE_OPEN, 0);
+        path_home = 1;
+        RtlStringCbPrintfW(path, path_len, path_sandboxie, Driver_HomePathDos);
+
+        status = Stream_Open(
+            &stream, path, FILE_GENERIC_READ, 0, FILE_SHARE_READ, FILE_OPEN, 0);
+    }
 
     if (status == STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_NOT_FOUND) {
 
-		path_home = FALSE; // = TRUE;
-		RtlStringCbPrintfW(path, path_len, path_sandboxie, SystemRoot); // , Driver_HomePathDos);
+		path_home = 0;
+		RtlStringCbPrintfW(path, path_len, path_sandboxie, SystemRoot);
 
         status = Stream_Open(
             &stream, path,
@@ -256,7 +287,7 @@ _FX NTSTATUS Conf_Read(ULONG session_id)
     }
 
     if (! NT_SUCCESS(status)) {
-        ExFreePoolWithTag(path, tzuk);
+        Pool_Delete(pool);
         return status;
     }
 
@@ -264,25 +295,23 @@ _FX NTSTATUS Conf_Read(ULONG session_id)
     // read data from the file
     //
 
-    pool = Pool_Create();
-    if (! pool)
-        status = STATUS_INSUFFICIENT_RESOURCES;
-
-    else {
-
-        data.pool = pool;
-        List_Init(&data.sections);
+    data.pool = pool;
+    List_Init(&data.sections);
 #ifdef USE_CONF_MAP
-        map_init(&data.sections_map, data.pool);
-        data.sections_map.func_key_size = NULL;
-        data.sections_map.func_match_key = &str_map_match;
-        data.sections_map.func_hash_key = &str_map_hash;
-        map_resize(&data.sections_map, 16); // prepare some buckets for better performance
+    map_init(&data.sections_map, data.pool);
+    data.sections_map.func_key_size = NULL;
+    data.sections_map.func_match_key = &str_map_match;
+    data.sections_map.func_hash_key = &str_map_hash;
+    map_resize(&data.sections_map, 16); // prepare some buckets for better performance
 #endif
-        data.home = path_home;
-        data.use_count = 0;
+    data.home = path_home;
+    if (path_home == 2)
+        data.path = Mem_AllocStringEx(data.pool, path, TRUE);
+    else
+        data.path = NULL;
+    data.use_count = 0;
 
-      if (stream) {
+    if (stream) {
 
         status = Stream_Read_BOM(stream, &data.encoding);
 
@@ -291,7 +320,6 @@ _FX NTSTATUS Conf_Read(ULONG session_id)
             status = Conf_Read_Sections(stream, &data, &linenum);
         if (status == STATUS_END_OF_FILE)
             status = STATUS_SUCCESS;
-      }
     }
 
     if (stream) Stream_Close(stream);
@@ -370,6 +398,7 @@ _FX NTSTATUS Conf_Read(ULONG session_id)
         }
     }
 
+    Mem_Free(path, path_len);
     if (pool)
         Pool_Delete(pool);  // may be either data.pool or old Conf_Data.pool
 
@@ -399,7 +428,6 @@ _FX NTSTATUS Conf_Read(ULONG session_id)
         }
     }
 
-    ExFreePoolWithTag(path, tzuk);
     return status;
 }
 
@@ -1225,7 +1253,8 @@ _FX const WCHAR *Conf_Get(
         // return "H" if configuration file was found in the Sandboxie
         // home directory, or "W" if it was found in Windows directory
 
-        value = (Conf_Data.home) ? Conf_H : Conf_W;
+        if (Conf_Data.path) value = Conf_Data.path;
+        else value = (Conf_Data.home) ? Conf_H : Conf_W;
 
     } else if ((!have_section) && have_setting &&
         _wcsicmp(setting, L"IniEncoding") == 0) {
@@ -1426,6 +1455,7 @@ _FX NTSTATUS Conf_Api_Reload(PROCESS *proc, ULONG64 *parms)
 #endif
 
 		Conf_Data.home = FALSE;
+        Conf_Data.path = NULL;
         Conf_Data.encoding = 0;
 
         ExReleaseResourceLite(Conf_Lock);
@@ -1664,6 +1694,7 @@ _FX BOOLEAN Conf_Init(void)
 #endif
 
     Conf_Data.home = FALSE;
+    Conf_Data.path = NULL;
     Conf_Data.encoding = 0;
 
     if (! Mem_GetLockResource(&Conf_Lock, TRUE))
diff --git a/Sandboxie/core/svc/sbieiniserver.cpp b/Sandboxie/core/svc/sbieiniserver.cpp
index 6dbc9c88..ea9b1e13 100644
--- a/Sandboxie/core/svc/sbieiniserver.cpp
+++ b/Sandboxie/core/svc/sbieiniserver.cpp
@@ -2135,8 +2135,13 @@ bool SbieIniServer::GetIniPath(WCHAR **IniPath,
             *IsUTF8 = TRUE;
     }
 
-    LONG rc = SbieApi_QueryConfAsIs(NULL, L"IniLocation", 0, path, 8);
-    if (rc == 0 && *path == L'H') {
+    LONG rc = SbieApi_QueryConfAsIs(NULL, L"IniLocation", 0, path, 260 * sizeof(WCHAR));
+    if (rc == 0 && *path == L'\\') {
+
+        if (wcsnicmp(path, L"\\??\\", 4) == 0)
+            wmemmove(path, path + 4, wcslen(path)+1 - 4);
+    }
+    else if (rc == 0 && *path == L'H') {
 
         //
         // Sandboxie.ini was last read from Sandboxie home directory