For those having issues with Windows 7 or Linux password recovery i have made a virtual box image to use.
its a windows7 64bit VM login password for it is btcbtc
its around 12 gig download so be patient.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zTmzZO-mcZTXfp5G5cfUozW3saa5bRCK/view?usp=sharingthis is a working VM image so hope it helps some forum members out.
you will need to tweak your password tokens.
this image has the latest version of btc core and has a dummy wallet.dat loaded ready to crack.
these details are in notepad files on the VM desktop.
thanks again to gurnec for the tutorial.
https://github.com/gurnec/btcrecover