-9 is usually returned in the event of a login error.
Your problem might be in dbms.asn,, or any .asn you have created that overrides these settings. It would typically be something like the database login path username and password, but if you're using SQLite (single user) with the community edition it wouldn't supply those, and would just point to the database file, e.g.
$DBMS SLE:.\dbms\usys.db
As that is a relative path, perhaps you have changed the working folder in the shortcut?
Regards,
David