Topic: How can I change the default wallet? (Read 2500 times)
OP, let us try to help you get your 3 BTC back if possible. We are here to help if we can. You don't even need a default wallet with Electrum. As noted in a post above, the last wallet you have open in Electrum will open automatically when you mount Electrum the next time. Lets say you have a wallet named XYZ open and shut down Electrum. In essence that becomes the default because it will mount next time when you mount Electrum. Now, if you are CERTAIN the default wallet is empty/useless/no coins/etc.... then you can go into the folder containing your wallets and delete the "default wallet". Now it is out of the way and you will never accidentally use it again.
You can use the -w switch to make a shortcut to your specific wallet file:
Sorry to hear that. Others have complained about this too in the past. If you are not using the default wallet then you should just move it out of the electrum folder that btchris specified above.
Electrum does list the wallet file name in the window title so you should pay attention to that.
Code:
electrum -w c:\path\to\wallet
I may have lost 3BTC because of this fucking shit.
Sorry to hear that. Others have complained about this too in the past. If you are not using the default wallet then you should just move it out of the electrum folder that btchris specified above.
Electrum does list the wallet file name in the window title so you should pay attention to that.
Maybe we can help if you can give us a detail of what happened, OP.
Also, when you open electrum it will actually open the last wallet you have open when you close electrum.
Also, when you open electrum it will actually open the last wallet you have open when you close electrum.
I may have lost 3BTC because of this fucking shit.
Each wallet is stored in its own file on your PC. You can locate your wallet files here: http://docs.electrum.org/en/latest/faq.html#where-is-my-wallet-file-located. Actually, the FAQ is confusing when it comes to Windows; to find you wallet there, open File Explorer, and copy and paste this into the address bar: %appdata%\Electrum\wallets
With Electrum closed (very important), rename the current "default_wallet" file to something else, and then rename your imported old wallet to "default_wallet".
With Electrum closed (very important), rename the current "default_wallet" file to something else, and then rename your imported old wallet to "default_wallet".
I have imported my old wallet to a new version of Electrum, but now I have the problem that when I want to do a transaction on the web I get automatically referred to the empty default wallet that I am not using. Actually because of that I already did a big error in my transactions.
How can I make my imported wallet the default wallet?
How can I make my imported wallet the default wallet?
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