After EQ2 Clean Install -Drums is Broken

[Coriolanus]

I had to reinstall windows and do a clean install of EQ2- I had saved my old UI folder so I thought my customization would be intact It must be my ini file setup or something - if I do a LOADUI DRUMSUI - it works. But it does not load when I start the game I have to load it manuall.

Here is the text of my eq2.ini

cl_ui_subdir UI/
cl_ui_skinname DrumsUI

I have tried putting the skinname on top./

It turns out that the file EQ2.RECENT has a line in it:
cl_ui_skinname EQ2Maps

It totally ignores the ini file. If I edit the line to have a skinname of DrumsUI it causes the game to hang and crash.