I downloaded armory from https://www.bitcoinarmory.com/ on 12/12/2017

v. 0.96.3

It works fine after I allowed armorydb.exe to bypass my firewall. I simply access the Armory shortcut and no longer need to manually open Bitcoin Core first. It seems like it's working the way it should be now....

do you know what armorydb.exe is? big thanks for replies... 

Ok great. Thanks for your reply.

So I got that sorted out; I just had to redirect the d/l location and bitcoin home folder in Armory settings. Maybe you could answer another question I now have. The 'bitcoind' app is 'bitcoin daemon'? What exactly does that do? And- do I need to open bitcoin core every time before opening Armory? Thanks for your reply-

No, I transferred all my BTC to the Armory wallet. Yes, I backed up the wallet the day it finished sync. I have the password, there was no required 12-word paraphrase for Bitcoin Core that I remember. When I open the wallet now, it creates a new subfolder in the directory that I saved my first and fully synced wallet. It is literally creating a new wallet when I try to open Bitcoin Core now.

Bitcoin Client Software and Version Number:
Bitcoin Core 0.15.1

Operating System:
Windows 64

System Hardware Specs:
Intel® Core™ i7 7700HQ @2.8ghz
16GB RAM
Windows 10 Home
1TB 5400RPM (might be 7200) SATA HDD
256GB SSD

Description of Problem:
So, I already d/l and sync blockchain AND successfully used my wallet. One week after last successful transaction: when I go to open Bitcoin Core, it is directing me to start over as if this is my first time using it. Any idea what's going on?


Thanks in advance,