trying to recover my wallet with my seed but it just creates new wallets

[m1n3r34]

so the problem is I forgot the password to the wallet but I do have the seed. but everytime I press the new/restore wallet button and put in the seed it just creates a new wallet without any of my funds. and the password dosent change on the my funds are in.

how can I restore my wallet without simply creating another one because ive tried this like 7 times and now I have 7 useless wallets.  

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[OmegaStarScream]

I'm assuming that you are using Electrum? If so, which version? while recovering your wallets, are you sure that you are connected into a server? and If you check the receiving tab, do you see addresses that you have used before? (If that tab is no longer available in the version you are using), try use the listaddresses() command in the console.

[m1n3r34]

yes, im using electrum 2.7.9

for the rest of your questions hold on one second I have reboot real quick

[m1n3r34]

my version has previous addresses listed in history if your talking about transaction history with addresses. and yes im connected to a server the light is green.

[OmegaStarScream]

my version has previous addresses listed in history if your talking about transaction history with addresses. and yes im connected to a server the light is green.

I meant If the addresses after restoring the new wallet are the same as before doing the restore process. If it's the case, have you tried to export the private keys and import them somewhere else (another wallet)? that should do the trick.

[HI-TEC99]

my version has previous addresses listed in history if your talking about transaction history with addresses. and yes im connected to a server the light is green.

Have you checked the change addresses and used addresses to see if they contain your coins? If you sent coins from any of your original addresses electrum will sent what's left over to a new change address each time.

At the lower left of your electrum wallet window there should be a little triangle that you have to click to see your change addresses. It's next to the mouse pointer in this screenshot.

[m1n3r34]

no the funds that are locked in do not have the same addresses. your refereeing to the address under the address button right?

[m1n3r34]

you must be using a different electrum version of me I have the tails version

[HI-TEC99]

no the funds that are locked in do not have the same addresses. your refereeing to the address under the address button right?

I'm referring to the addresses shown when you click the address tab with the mouse pointer hovering over it in this screenshot. If you scroll to the bottom of that address window, then click the triangle next to where it says "change" extra addresses should show up.

[HI-TEC99]

you must be using a different electrum version of me I have the tails version

That probably explains it, I'm using the windows version. However the dev keeps changing the GUI, so one version might look different to the previous version even on the same operating system.

[m1n3r34]

no problem each OS is different. so I found the address button now how do I transfer my coin out?

[HI-TEC99]

no problem each OS is different. so I found the address button now how do I transfer my coin out?

Do you mean you can see the addresses containing your coins, or just a window full of addresses you don't recognise?

[m1n3r34]

just a window full of addresses I don't recognize.

[HI-TEC99]

just a window full of addresses I don't recognize.

Have you tried scrolling to the bottom of that window full of addresses and clicking the triangle with change written next to it like in this screenshot?

[m1n3r34]

yes none of the addresses match up

[HI-TEC99]

I installed electrum version 2.7.10 on windows, which is very close to your version. Does your version have an options button below the text box you type your seed into? If it has try clicking it and checking the BIP39 seed checkbox, then entering your seed.

This is what my electrum version 2.7.10 looks like after clicking the options button.

[m1n3r34]

in order to ender my seed I need to press file then new/restore

if I just try to click seed it requests my password wich I don't have so idk what to do I got 100 dollars tied up in this wallet.

[kolloh]

in order to ender my seed I need to press file then new/restore

if I just try to click seed it requests my password wich I don't have so idk what to do I got 100 dollars tied up in this wallet.

Go ahead and click New/Restore and create a brand new wallet and then enter the seed in the manner indicated above. This should recreate the wallet based on the seed provided.

[HI-TEC99]

I recreated a wallet from seed in my windows version of electrum. These screenshots show the exact steps I made. Try doing it that way, if it's any different to what you were already doing.

[m1n3r34]

yeah I have no problem doing that but when I try to transfer the funds out of the old wallet it still asks me for the old password. so my funds are stuck in that wallet even though I have the seed for it