Thanks, Ill keep this handy.
What do we save the file as, meaning how to open it? As when I save it it save it under my freaking browser. Which cannot open the file. How should these be properly saved to open and read in order to reopen later as well as saved as backups. I can change how to open it on properties, but not sure this is accurate. I changed them all to word file.
Thanks,
The only file you need to save is Wallet.dat which is the file you save during a wallet backup. You can always save the backup file in a different name with the extension of .dat.
You don't have to sync the old wallet to get this wallet.dat which you can copy directly from the folder C:\......\paccoin\.
Please note that I previously put the folder wrong in C:/..../paccoin/.
Gotcha, but what I am saying is when I save that file, it has an icon of my browser as it was saved into a file that cannot be read or loaded correctly.
What I am asking is how is that file stored or how should it be saved on our own PC's?
So example, when I backup my wallet, it asks me to name it, so i name it lets say PAC Wallet Backup1, it then saves a copy on my files and desktop, but with an Icon of Internet Explorer or Opera or Safari, my question is, why is it saving like that? I can then right click it and change how it opens, but when its initially saved its not a normal saving file on my documents. Its listed as a wallet.dat file but will not open properly if I have to restart my PC and reload my Wallet.
There is no file reader for wallet.dat file. Nobody can view it directly, probably due to encryption.
It would be great to have a file viewer working by entering the passphrase for the wallet file but there has been none that I know of.
To my knowledge, the only wallet.dat viewer is the wallet client itself.