Can someone please help? I have tried doing exactly what was explained a couple times above regarding getting my MintCoin Wallet to synch. I am wanting to buy lots more MINT but I am scared I will never receive them if I can't figure out how to get my wallet to synch. I really like this coins but if the wallet cannot be setup by the average person (not computer whiz), then I fear the coin may be doomed. Can someone explain what I need to do besides what is explained above regarding creating the mintcoin.conf file? I have followed instructions to a 't' and still no synch :'-(
Do I need to do something on my settings --> options --> Main /Network / Window/ Display menus? Do I need to click on the 'Connect through SOCKS proxy' box and enter 'proxy IP' 'Port' & 'SOCKS Version' Numbers?
Anyone have any idea what else I can do? I fear downloading a new wallet because I already have 500,000 MINTcoin suppose to be arriving to my wallet deposit address. Very frustrating, all other wallets I have downloaded synched and worked automatically, never had to do amateur programming to get my wallet to function normally.
Dont want to lose faith in this coin so early but any help will be very appreciated. Again I have created the mintcoin.txt file and added the 'codes' specified above, saved it, then renamed it to mintcoin.conf. exited and restarted wallet several times. Repeated steps above again and still nada.
Do I need to customize any of the instructions that we were told to 'copy and paste' or can I leave them as is?
Thanks to anyone out there who can help me.
I was having the exact same frustrating experience and trying all of the %appdata% stuff, which as far as I can tell didn't do much (at least not so it was looking different than before I did it).
Finally, I just deleted all of the Mint stuff on my computer and then re-downloaded the wallet to start all over again.
Oh, by the way, if you are anything like me, you haven't had to deal with a zip file in a long time. (most wallets just automatically install, as you said). Anyway, my point is do not "open" the zip file -- "extract" it first. Once you do this, you will see "mintcoin -qt.exe". double click on that and a wallet will open. If you don't "extract" you will not see "mintcoin -qt.exe." I'm sorry if this is obvious to you, but I wanted to make sure I didn't skip over anything.
Also, like these other guys are saying, it takes a while. There are no connections even. I've only downloaded a few wallets, but usually a connection is close to immediate. Just wait -- it looks like it's dead, but it's just a very sleepy wallet. Eventually a few connections hit and it becomes in sync. I didn't keep track, but it probably took an hour and a half to two hours to fully sync.
I hope that was a help. I too almost gave up on Mint. I really like the coin, but if you can't get a wallet, then the fun is a bit diminished! Good luck!