Personal Oracle 9i utl_file_dir parameter

Need some help please.
I have a problem with utl_file_dir parameter not being set.
utl_file_dir = * in my init.ora file.
Using SQLPlus , I can see the v$parameter for utl_file_dir is null;
I have just gone to 9i Personal v2 from 8i where everything worked ok.(standalone pc)
None of my existing procedures using utl_file will work now. I get
"Invalid directory path" because utl_file_dir is not set up.
My init.ora file is "c:\oracle91\admin\bills\pfile\init.ora.032003152232
which is also confusing.
Thanks for any help you can give.

Thanks for the reply, however,
I renamed my c:\oracle91\database\spfile<oracle-instance>.ora file and rebooted.
I got these messages when I tried a SQLPlus connection.
"Oracle not available" and "Shared memory realm does not exist".
Any other suggestions or method to set this parameter?
Thanks.

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