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How do you run salvagewallet in the latest version. Thanks.

The -salvagewallet command line option was moved into the bitcoin-wallet utility as of Bitcoin Core 0.21, and its name has changed to salvage.

Thanks, how do I run that on my wallet files? My wallet files are In D:\Bitcoin, and Daemon is in the same. I have 3 wallet files with different names. Does the bitcoin-wallet offer any more tools?

If you're still using Windows7, open command prompt to Bitcoin\daemon where bitcoin-wallet.exe is located (change the directory if you're not using the default).
For the default wallet 'wallet.dat', this command should work:
For other wallets, use NotATether's command.

Note: It will not return with a response (aside from errors), you can check the data directory and a backup of the wallet will be created upon using the command.

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Use:

Currently there's only two other commands: one to create a wallet (create) and another that lists information about a wallet (info).

Be sure to make a backup copy of your wallet.dat before you run it.
Yes, it's supposed to make a backup before it does anything but like anything involving money it's better to do your own backup before anything else touches the file.

-Dave

Thanks for your help.

I'm only using copies, but thanks for your reply.

Cheers again for your help.