Error Loading blkindex.dat

[ezview]

I have reinstalled and rebooted several times to no avail.  blkindex.dat seems not to be on computer under users/appdata or whatever.  Running Windows7 64 bit on new computer, hardly any programs.  Windows Security essential.

It is not there to delete and not sure where to put it if I create it or if it is creatable text file.

Help please

Error is:  error loading blkindex.dat

Anybody else in this perdicament?

[mewantsbitcoins]

It's in
C:\Users\your_username\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin

Before you try anything else, back up your wallet.dat.
Then find blkindex.dat and blk0001.dat in that directory and delete them

[ezview]

Thanks, but that is the screwy part.

There is no appdata under the users name, in this case CHP.

 I thought every xp and windows 7 had that folder, but not on this new Windows 7, 64 bit with virually no other software other than OpenOffice, plus I did a complete search several time for the file, directory, etc.

Wierd why it will not recreate it after an uninstall and reboot and then install.

[mewantsbitcoins]

There is. It's hidden
Click on Start and type %AppData% and then enter

[ezview]

For some reason there is no roaming directory either.

And even more strange maybe, the directories that are there under c:\users\chp\   are like documents, pictures, or the usual suspects rather than the cryptic appdat or roaming etc.....

[ezview]

You guys are so fast, you figured it out before I could even do a followup question.

Thank you Microsoft for not trusting us to look at our own files without the secret cryptic code.  I live on my computer and did not know the Open Sesame code of %appdata%.

Yes after using the secret Open Sesame code, there it was.