Turns out all the wcc dats were set to read only. Easy, dumb fix! Thanks for the quick responses!

I couldn't really find anything helpful. It's a pretty vanilla version of Windows 10 so I can't imagine I'm getting a unique issue here. I downloaded pervasive sql v11 server and installed it but still get the same error. This seemed relevant "If, however, you are using Btrieve data files in v5.x ...

Thanks but can you dumb it down a little? So I need to download Pervasive SQL? I found this thread but it doesn't really explain how to use the pervasive engine instead of btrieve http://www.mudinfo.net/viewtopic.php?f= ... +sql#p4461

I've double-checked admin rights and made sure everyone has full permission. I've tried running as administrator which pops up the warning asking if I want to give permission for it to make changes to my device, which I click Yes. Not really sure what else to try.

I'm getting error #46 Access Denied for items and monsters. Win 10, fresh NMare install, very very old dats (I think version 1.11o or maybe p-beta). I added the whole majormud folder to my exclusions list for my anti-virus and have admin rights so not sure why I keep getting access denied ...

Thanks! I hadn't but may start to. I had given users the add life command but noticed some abuse of it when looking through the WG scrollback. I'm the only one with more than map, goto, align so I'm not too worried now that life is out. What is the Kid Gloves flag?

My wccmmud.ini file looks like this:
SYS_LIGHTNING_KEY=AragonKey
SYS_STATUS_KEY=AragonKey
SYS_RETRAIN_KEY=AragonKey
SYS_EDITEVIL_KEY=AragonKey
SYS_SPEAK_KEY=AragonKey
SYS_LISTUSER_KEY=AragonKey
SYS_LISTLIMIT_KEY=AragonKey
SYS_USERINFO_KEY=AragonKey
SYS_JAIL_KEY=AragonKey
SYS_CHANGE_KEY=AragonKey
SYS ...

BOARD IS UP! YAY!

Yay! Yeah I figured with only 1 online device, port forwarding shouldn't be necessary. Thanks for the help!

Hmm, well I turned off port forwarding, maybe that'll be a start