i did

no space issues and yes the path is in the registry which is the crazy thing
when i create a generic trace that works just fine
i need the default...

did that and yes

full blown permissions on the directory

i get that but the query does not find the trace file and does every where else even if i change the id to 2 still will not work

positive because it works on every other server. also every other server just has one entry when you select from sys.traces

did that this is what i get

I did not my main concern is to get it going again however when i put it back and do a select * from sys.traces i get two entries one...

thanks much for the info