ok, I had been doing the browse directories on that screen that i was getting, going to eq2 folder, etc.. but i apparently was trying to open the wrong program, i was thinking it had to be eq2 map... or something to do with that, and it never worked, i would get another message pop up saying it couldn't connect to eq2interface.com..or something like that.. but this morning i reread your reply again and my brain must have been functioning better lol, because i went back to the browse directory button and eq2 folder, and clicked on eq2.exe this time and maps opened right up... so.. problem solved.. thanks for all the help
much appreciated.