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dabura667

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Quote from: tomtomtom7 on June 14, 2014, 08:54:26 AM

Thanks a lot!

Reinstall and copy wallet.dat file didn't work.

Create new wallet from existing seed worked, copy seed from previous file worked!

Glad I could help.

tomtomtom7

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Thanks a lot!

Reinstall and copy wallet.dat file didn't work.

Create new wallet from existing seed worked, copy seed from previous file worked!

bitbaby

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Just make sure you back up your keys and wallet at several places before attempting anything.

dabura667

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https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.6020375

This will also work, but is more difficult to perform.

Abdussamad

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Try this:

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.6552620

Also try deleting the config file in that directory as well.

jonald_fyookball

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Core dev leaves me neg feedback #abuse #political

i dont want to tell you the wrong thing...i would wait for an expert here.

but i theoretically, i think yes you could reinstall and pull in your old wallet.

if you have a second machine, install electrum there and pull in your wallet.dat file.

it stores the seed as a hex number i believe.

tomtomtom7

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Hello there,

All of a sudden, electrum.exe won't start anymore. When started it briefly shows up in Task manager and is gone after a second. I don't see logs or console output.

- I don't have the twelve word seed.
- I do have a wallet.dat and blockchain_headers in APP_DATA. wallet.dat looks valid.

What procedure should I follow? Reinstall electrum and then overwrite wallet.dat with my current one? Would that work?

Does wallet.dat contain my private keys without the need for the twelve word seed?

Thanks!
Tomas

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