Okay lets see if I can explain it a bit more in detail.
I try to open CUOD with the desktop link and it crashes and completely logs itself off; like a gump screen will come up saying that CUOD has encountered blah blah blah and must close would you like to send an error message?, it doesn't give me the option to keep it open, it just shuts itself off totally.
If I go to the Exe file and click the exe link in rar it will then load but however, I have to redo the entire process all over again (adding the host ect) *sighs* and where as I am learning that this shard is well worth the trouble, it is a tad bit annoying.
Thank you both for your help I really appreciate it.
Okay I went back and tried it again and I believe I may have figured it out. "Logs on to test" . Yaaay..
okay, I know what I did wrong; when you go to your extractor they offer 3 ways to extract I chose the first two and I couldn't get it to work..
This time I chose the one that says "ConnectUODesktop_Latest" and followed your directions to the T and it worked. When I hit the link for Whispering Pines Play it auto loaded the patch files.
This just goes to show you how long it has been since I played UO last.. HaHa
Thank you again for everything,
Rigan