World.exe closing immediately after opening...
 

OK, I followed the readme EXACTLY on creating a server, but when I load up world.exe and the other executive files for running a server, they close on me! I'm a Windows XP user, unfortunately, so I'm aware that I'll be having some problems running it. My firewall is disabled and I do not use a router. Please post only helpful suggestions for making this run correctly (that does NOT include telling me to read the readme again since I've done it 5000 times). My last resort, I guess, is to upgrade or downgrade to another OS, but I'd rather use other tactics first before whipping out some cash. Thanks for any help.

I use Windows XP Pro on two of my servers that run EQEMu. At one point, I was running with the firewall turned off. Eventually, I turned the firewall on and still got it to work. Now, I run behind a router and it still works. This can and does run under XP, it's just a matter of jumping through the hoops.

World.exe pops up and disappears because it is a console application. That is the way they behave by default when they exit - and yours is exiting prematurely due to some problem. If you would like to see the output that explains the problem, open up a DOS prompt (run->cmd) and type in the following:

Replace with your directory/drive, as appropriate.

I read the output, and I'm getting error 1045. I believe my answer can be found in one of the sticky topics. Thanks, Merth :) This is Elrond from your server.

Failed to connect to database: error # 1045: access denied for user ******@127.0.0.1' <using password: YES>

there are several other lines, and it seems to have to do with the item database. I'll take a look at the sticky now.