PLEASE help. Backed up wallet not showing balance!

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A backed up savings wallet is showing no balance or transactions. The addresses that hold the coins are still in my address book and the transactions are still showing to be there in blockexplorer. I'm not too techy, but I tried to make a bitcoin.conf file with rescan in it and I only got errors and bitcoin would exit. I'm unsure of what to do. I know I still have my wallet so I shouldnt be too scared? PLEASE HELP!!

Windows 7

The blockchain is also up to date.


EDIT: FIGURED IT OUT! WAHOO