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Other => Beginners & Help => Topic started by: awigaxeh-443 on March 27, 2012, 06:02:52 PM

Title: How to get new wallet.dat file
Post by: awigaxeh-443 on March 27, 2012, 06:02:52 PM

How do I do this?

Title: Re: How to get new wallet.dat file
Post by: mcorlett on March 27, 2012, 06:06:03 PM

Back up (if you want to keep it) and delete the wallet.dat that resides in:

Windows:

Code:

%AppData%\Bitcoin

Linux:

Code:

~/.bitcoin/

Mac OS X:

Code:

~/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/

Title: Re: How to get new wallet.dat file
Post by: kokjo on March 27, 2012, 06:07:04 PM

~~Delete~~ BACKUP AND REMOVE! the wallet.dat that resides in:

Windows:

Code:

%AppData%\Bitcoin

Linux:

Code:

~/.bitcoin/

Mac OS X:

Code:

~/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/

Title: Re: How to get new wallet.dat file
Post by: mcorlett on March 27, 2012, 06:09:30 PM

I modified my post to reflect the possibility that the OP might want to keep the old file. I originally overlooked this - perhaps wrongfully so.

Title: Re: How to get new wallet.dat file
Post by: joshv06 on March 28, 2012, 04:22:25 AM

Back up (if you want to keep it) and delete the wallet.dat that resides in:

Windows:

Code:

%AppData%\Bitcoin

Linux:

Code:

~/.bitcoin/

Mac OS X:

Code:

~/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/

Thanks a lot for this, much needed.