https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/unable-to-create-database-for-BP-Server/m-p/91788#M41729 Right-click the folder in question and go to Properties -&gt; Security, then add permissions for the account running SQL server.<BR /><BR />Given that it's trying to create the database in C:\Users, I would recommend changing your SQL server's default database location. Changing it to use a more appropriate directory would likely fix the issue so you wouldn't have to mess with folder permissions. You can do that in SSMS by going into your server properties (<A href="https://logicalread.com/change-default-sql-server-db-locations-tl01/#.XzKxPu-SnmE" target="_blank" rel="noopener">see here</A>).<BR /><BR />------------------------------<BR />Nicholas Zejdlik<BR />RPA Developer<BR />------------------------------<BR /> Tue, 11 Aug 2020 15:01:00 GMT NicholasZejdlik 2020-08-11T15:01:00Z https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/unable-to-create-database-for-BP-Server/m-p/91785#M41726 Hi Team,<BR /><BR />while creating a DB for blue prism server i'm getting error<BR /> <DIV class="media" style="overflow: hidden; zoom: 1;"><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper" image-alt="19628.png"><img src="https://community.blueprism.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/19779i0ABCC331375E8885/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="19628.png" alt="19628.png" /></span></DIV> can anyone help me on this??<BR /><BR />Thanks in advance.<BR /><BR />------------------------------<BR />Sai Krishna Somisetty<BR />------------------------------<BR /> Tue, 11 Aug 2020 08:59:00 GMT https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/unable-to-create-database-for-BP-Server/m-p/91785#M41726 Sai_KrishnaSomi 2020-08-11T08:59:00Z https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/unable-to-create-database-for-BP-Server/m-p/91786#M41727 Sounds like a file permission issue. Does the account that SQL server is running under have access to that directory?<BR /><BR />------------------------------<BR />Nicholas Zejdlik<BR />RPA Developer<BR />------------------------------<BR /> Tue, 11 Aug 2020 13:10:00 GMT https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/unable-to-create-database-for-BP-Server/m-p/91786#M41727 NicholasZejdlik 2020-08-11T13:10:00Z https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/unable-to-create-database-for-BP-Server/m-p/91787#M41728 Thank you nicholas for quick reply, how to give permissions to SQL server to access the file<BR /><BR />------------------------------<BR />Sai Krishna Somisetty<BR />------------------------------<BR /> Tue, 11 Aug 2020 14:46:00 GMT https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/unable-to-create-database-for-BP-Server/m-p/91787#M41728 Sai_KrishnaSomi 2020-08-11T14:46:00Z https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/unable-to-create-database-for-BP-Server/m-p/91788#M41729 Right-click the folder in question and go to Properties -&gt; Security, then add permissions for the account running SQL server.<BR /><BR />Given that it's trying to create the database in C:\Users, I would recommend changing your SQL server's default database location. Changing it to use a more appropriate directory would likely fix the issue so you wouldn't have to mess with folder permissions. You can do that in SSMS by going into your server properties (<A href="https://logicalread.com/change-default-sql-server-db-locations-tl01/#.XzKxPu-SnmE" target="_blank" rel="noopener">see here</A>).<BR /><BR />------------------------------<BR />Nicholas Zejdlik<BR />RPA Developer<BR />------------------------------<BR /> Tue, 11 Aug 2020 15:01:00 GMT https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/unable-to-create-database-for-BP-Server/m-p/91788#M41729 NicholasZejdlik 2020-08-11T15:01:00Z