How long should it take for the sweep to confirm into Electrum?

I was looking at the wrong file. D’oh. Now have something that looks like a key and will do the sweep from Electrum, have never done that before... thanks for your help.

Thanks for your reply, yes I tried that and the key still comes out not looking like a key - lots of letters and characters, is this a different type of key? Or mini key?

I opened the key file in Notepad. Could this be the problem?

I have BTC in a Muiltbit (v 0.5.14) showing in balance.

When I try to export to Electrum the key I’m finding (following instructions in other threads) does not start with a 5, L, or K. When I paste the ‘key’ i do get into Electrum there’s a greyed our box stopping me from exporting. I have the correct password.

Also. Whilst the balance in Multibit is showing I have BTC, the Spendable amount shows ‘0’.

I’ve attempted to send a v small amount from Multibit to my trading account but it’s stuck with just one view by a peer. I think this is due to Multibit, hence my desire to move to the Electrum wallet.

Any help appreciated, I just want to cash in the BTC I’ve had kicking around since 2013.