Can anyone help me get my coins?
The coins have been sent to my wallet, but I cannot gain
access because I cannot get my wallet to sync.
I have read all of the previous posts but I am not
crypto-wallet savvy enough to follow the steps
stated.
I had downloaded the original wallet and opened directly from
the zip file.
When the new wallet was released, I asked for assistance so
I did not lose my wallet address, and was told to simply
download and open the new wallet and everything would be
okay.
I did download the new wallet and opened it from the zip file.
My original receive address is in tact, but my wallet will not
sync so I cannot access or see my coins.
I see people talking about saving a "wallet.dat" file, but I don't
even know where that file would be located.
Is there anyone kind enough to assist me in gaining access to
my coins?
I would be eternally grateful.
Thanks!
-Brian
Try this:
1. Make sure you are using wallet version 1.6.0.0
2. Copy (and backup) your wallet.dat in a safe place. This is the key to your coins, so don't lose it and dont leave it anywhere someone could gain access. The wallet.dat lives in a folder called 'Sharecoin' which you can find by following the pathway Computer/Localdisk C/users/owner(or your named account)/appdata/roaming (this all assumes you are using windows7, but many other operating systems are similar).
(If you have other coin wallets, their .dats are also in their folders under 'roaming', so when you backup, it's best to name the .dat SHAREwallet.dat or similar so you can distinguish them. It still has to be named 'wallet.dat' to open up in its own folder)
3. Delete all the files except wallet.dat from 'sharecoin' folder.
4. Open Sharecoin from the exe (from the zip) as before. Because you deleted the blockchain file, it will redownload it from the beginning.
When download is finished, it should be synched.