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Title: Electrum Wallet 2.8.2
Post by: platinumsteel2016 on April 11, 2017, 07:36:13 PM
HI

I just tried to setup the latest version (2.8.2 for windows Standard) of Electrum Wallet. I wanted to set a password. I clicked on the wallet tab, then the
password tab. A box opened which allows me to insert a password, new password, and to confirm password. I never established a password. So consequently,
I typed in my only password in all three places. Then I got a "Invalid Password" error message. How do I solve this issue, Please help!!!!

I hope to hear from you really soon.....


Title: Re: Electrum Wallet 2.8.2
Post by: kolloh on April 11, 2017, 08:15:49 PM
HI

I just tried to setup the latest version (2.8.2 for windows Standard) of Electrum Wallet. I wanted to set a password. I clicked on the wallet tab, then the
password tab. A box opened which allows me to insert a password, new password, and to confirm password. I never established a password. So consequently,
I typed in my only password in all three places. Then I got a "Invalid Password" error message. How do I solve this issue, Please help!!!!

I hope to hear from you really soon.....

Is this a new wallet or are you reusing an older wallet? It should only prompt you for a password if you added a password on the wallet. I believe the initial setup wizard asks if you want to password protect the wallet though, so you have may enabled one via that when setting up the wallet.


Title: Re: Electrum Wallet 2.8.2
Post by: platinumsteel2016 on April 12, 2017, 02:47:02 AM
Thank you for the prompt response...I never used this program before. I never set up an initial password of any type, that why I do not understand what could have happened...What do I do??? I am STILL faced with the same problem.  I hope to hear from someone who can actually provide some assistance. No offense to anyone.
Is there any other cold computer-based wallet I can download quickly???


Title: Re: Electrum Wallet 2.8.2
Post by: kolloh on April 12, 2017, 03:03:11 AM
Thank you for the prompt response...I never used this program before. I never set up an initial password of any type, that why I do not understand what could have happened...What do I do??? I am STILL faced with the same problem.  I hope to hear from someone who can actually provide some assistance. No offense to anyone.
Is there any other cold computer-based wallet I can download quickly???

Did you try leaving the "Current Password" box empty and only setting a "New" password. This would probably work if there is no password on the wallet.

If you have no funds in the wallet, you could also always try creating a new wallet via File -> New/Restore


Title: Re: Electrum Wallet 2.8.2
Post by: HI-TEC99 on April 12, 2017, 04:49:09 PM
Thank you for the prompt response...I never used this program before. I never set up an initial password of any type, that why I do not understand what could have happened...What do I do??? I am STILL faced with the same problem.  I hope to hear from someone who can actually provide some assistance. No offense to anyone.
Is there any other cold computer-based wallet I can download quickly???

Did you try leaving the "Current Password" box empty and only setting a "New" password. This would probably work if there is no password on the wallet.

If you have no funds in the wallet, you could also always try creating a new wallet via File -> New/Restore

I experimented with creating a wallet with a blank password in the latest electrum. When I opened the wallet file it wasn't encrypted, everything was human readable including the seed, xprv, and xpub. There was also a field marked "use_encryption": false.

When making a new wallet you have to create, then re-enter your seed before you create a password. The OP can solve his problem by creating a new wallet, entering his seed into it, and leaving the password blank. A password isn't needed to restore an old wallet from a seed.


Title: Re: Electrum Wallet 2.8.2
Post by: platinumsteel2016 on April 12, 2017, 06:59:43 PM
Thank you guys. I am up-and-running now ::)