diff --git a/config-wine-hawc2.sh b/config-wine-hawc2.sh
index 7f321ed40e4cfadbb4a3f5c97002f9dc5bd79f71..d7d38d85421ed450de7210aee51cb3f365efeafa 100755
--- a/config-wine-hawc2.sh
+++ b/config-wine-hawc2.sh
@@ -17,8 +17,20 @@ cp $HAWC2EXES/* "/home/$USER/$WINEDIRNAME/drive_c/bin/"
 
 echo "-------- adding /home/$USER/$WINEDIRNAME/drive_c/bin/ to wine system PATH"
 
-WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/$WINEDIRNAME wine regedit /E tmp.reg "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment"
-sed -i 's/"PATH"="C:\\\\windows\\\\system32;C:\\\\windows"/"PATH"="C:\\\\windows\\\\system32;C:\\\\windows;C:\\\\bin"/g' tmp.reg
+#WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/$WINEDIRNAME wine regedit /E tmp.reg "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment"
+#sed -i 's/"PATH"="C:\\\\windows\\\\system32;C:\\\\windows"/"PATH"="C:\\\\windows\\\\system32;C:\\\\windows;C:\\\\bin"/g' tmp.reg
+#WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/$WINEDIRNAME wine regedit ./tmp.reg
+#rm ./tmp.reg
+
+# add C:\bin (/home/$USER/$WINEDIRNAME/drive_c/bin/) to Windows PATH variable
+rm ./tmp.reg
+WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/$WINEDIRNAME wine regedit /E ./tmp.reg "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Environment"
+printf '"PATH"="c:\\bin"' >> ./tmp.reg
+WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/$WINEDIRNAME wine regedit ./tmp.reg
+
+# do not show GUI crash dialogs
+rm ./tmp.reg
+printf '[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\WineDbg]\n"ShowCrashDialog"=dword:00000000' >> ./tmp.reg
 WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/$WINEDIRNAME wine regedit ./tmp.reg
 rm ./tmp.reg