I tried that last night after i realized what i had done. I couldnt get that to work either. i tried extracting to the eq folder and also tried to put it in the client exe. file itself but it would only just try to start eq2. After fiddling with it for awhile i remembered the restore previous version tab in properties and restored my exe file to 9/1. That got it to work.
Just wondering, was i extracting to the wrong place to get the idb file to work? im running windows 7 (just recently switched from xp) so maybe im not holding my administrator stick the right way.