Lost Wallet Encryption Password

[MikeMike]

 

Yikes!

I just started to try and use bitcoin but for some reason my password to my encrypted wallet won't work
After reinstalling the old account keeps loading.
Could I somehow wipe that out and start fresh?

[VacantPaper]

Try going into your %appdata% folder and deleting the "BitCoin" folder. Hope this helps.

[MikeMike]

Thanks for your reply.
Where would I find that particular appdata folder?
I put a search in and so far no cando...

[MikeMike]

Vacant,

Found it and A-OK.

Thanks.

 

[VacantPaper]

Vacant,

Found it and A-OK.

Thanks.

 

No problem

[Anonymouss]

Anyone have time to help me setup a cold wallet? Will compensate for your time.

[BookLover]

Sure, I can help you, just pm me with the details

Edit - here is some instructions / tips for a cold wallet

A plain cold wallet is actually fairly easy create,  you just go to the bitcoin directory * and remove your wallet.dat.  This file holds the private keys which allow you to access your bitcoins.  It would be best to encrypt the wallet and store it in multiple places like on flash drives, CD's, etc.  7-zip is a very useful encryption tool which can be found here: http://www.7-zip.org/.  If your not sure you trust 7-zip check out the wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7-Zip

I would suggest looking at Armory for cold wallet storage with more safety and features.  You can download it here: https://bitcoinarmory.com/.

* Windows: C\Users\your-user-name\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin
   Mac: Users/your-user-name/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin
   Linux: ~Home/.Bitcoin

Hope this is what your looking for,
BookLover