see if this works:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1459567.msg21368842#msg21368842

Also verify that the circle icon in the bottom right of the electrum window is green coloured?

Use the command line switch like i told you above. Do you understand? I believe if you press windows key + r you will get the command prompt in windows. Then you can navigate to the electrum directory in program files and use the command line switch. Read my previous post again.

you need to increase the gap limit in electrum. if you are using 2.9.3 then go to view menu > show console. Switch to the console tab and type this there:


Close electrum and run it again. The addresses gear generated should now show up.

If this problem happens again in future you should increase the gap limit further. But don't increase it too much or your wallet will get slow. 200 should be the max.

You can also do it via file menu > save copy in Electrum. Saves you from searching for the wallet file.

Use the command line switch with a new name for your new wallet file:

https://bitcoinelectrum.com/frequently-asked-questions/#how-do-i-open-a-different-wallet

Then follow the instructions here:

https://bitcoinelectrum.com/restoring-your-standard-wallet-from-seed/

If you share the xpub with someone else then that person can see all the transactions in your single sig standard wallet too. So best to let electrum generate a new mnemonic for you.

Offline wallet will never show you transactions or balances because it has no way to get that data on account of it being offline You can still do the offline signing dance so it's not really a problem. See the guide here:

http://docs.electrum.org/en/latest/coldstorage.html

yes it supports restoring bip39 wallets

Is that really your wallet seed or does it belong to someone else?

The window I meant is this one:

https://bitcoinelectrum.com/files/2017/06/sign-broadcast.jpg

Is this the one that doesn't list the fees? You see this window after you click on sweep.

Importing private keys would not be moving the funds. To move the funds you need to do the import and then send the coins to another wallet. Say your regular electrum wallet.  The transaction that sends those coins must confirm. After all that is done you can claim your BCC.

When you sweep you get shown a transaction window where the actual fee you pay will be listed.

In order to have control over the fees I think you need to import your private keys into a new wallet instead and then send them to your HD wallet with the seed:

https://bitcoinelectrum.com/importing-your-private-keys-into-electrum/

Once you've imported your keys you can wait for an opportune moment when there is less congestion on the network and fees have fallen. They you can pay a low fee to move your coins. Alternatively you can just use your imported private keys wallet as normal and consolidate to a seeded wallet later.

Note you shouldn't save the seed on your PC. You write it down on paper so that even if anything happened to your computer you could still restore your wallet. 

well it's not cold storage since you are exposing your private keys to an online system.

you can create shortcuts to specific wallet files so all that symlink stuff isn't necessary:

https://bitcoinelectrum.com/frequently-asked-questions/#how-do-i-open-a-different-wallet

to save a copy of your wallet file you can just do file > save copy.

The wallet name is listed in the window title.

Also I suggest using full wallet file encryption to prevent situations where you receive money to a wallet you can't spend from. You can enable that by going to wallet menu > password, enter your password in all 3 fields, check "Encrypt wallet file and then save those settings. Now you won't even be able to view your wallet without entering the decryption password. Once you enter the password you will be able to both view and spend. So in order to get a receive address you have to enter a password and that minimizes the likelihood that you receive money to a wallet you can't spend from.

Tools menu > preferences > fees tab. Check "Edit fees manually". Set "Propose replace-by-fee" to "Always". Then on the Electrum send tab you can set your own fee. If your transaction gets stuck you can right click on it in the history tab and select increase fee.

you should install it properly using pip2 as instructed on the download page:

https://electrum.org/#download

no need to restart it. it'll be reflected straight away.

Here are some possible reasons:

- You may be confused between mBTC and BTC. You can change the base unit via tools menu > preferences> appearance tab.

- The fees displayed in the slider tooltip message are per KB while a typical transaction is more like 250 bytes. So the actual fee you will pay is going to be lower. Click on the preview button on the send tab to see what the actual fee will be.

- There has been a surge in transactions on the blockchain recently. That is the cause of rising fees. Once segwit is activated and support for it added to electrum you will be able to migrate to a segwit wallet which will reduce fees.

The fee slider will be improved in future versions to support even lower confirmation times and lower fees.

You can lose your money if you do paper wallets incorrectly. My suggestion is to use the cold storage features of electrum itself:

http://docs.electrum.org/en/latest/coldstorage.html

a watch-only wallet is just that. you can't spend from it because it doesn't have the seed or any private keys. that's why when you open a watch-only wallet you get a warning telling you to make sure that you have the seed or private keys recording somewhere.

without the seed or private keys there is nothing that can be done.