Post by railroad on Jun 2, 2019 10:28:49 GMT
Do this at your own risk. No guarantees.
This assumes you already have the Badcoin wallet and that there is some BAD on it (otherwise, just install it fresh from the source). If you have zero in there, this is the best time to make a backup.
Go to "Receive" and make a couple of addresses, then write them down. Next, do all the steps below. To make sure everything is correct, you can double-check to see if those addresses are there again. If they are, you're good.
Make sure your wallet application is up to date (hover over the check mark in the bottom right corner). Then go to File, --> Backup Wallet. Give it a name, like badcoin_backup_todaysdate_wallet.dat
Alternately, if the wallet is up-to-date, you could simply find and then make a duplicate copy of the wallet.dat file (this was all that was done by going to File --> Backup Wallet). Note: the wallet.dat file is the most important file! This is your "money file."
You need to keep that file safe. Consider that the "written-key" to unlock your treasure chest vault.
Once you have that, you can trash/delete older versions of the badcoin software if you wish. As long as you have that wallet.dat file, you can restore things again.
Go ahead and trash your old wallet (you have that "written-key" wallet.dat file safe, right?).
Download a new version of the Badcoin software from the source.
The trick is to replace the new wallet.dat file (it's empty, because you just downloaded a fresh copy) with your older, original one with that's the "written-key" or "money file." That original file has your treasure vault holdings inside.
To find the new (not-wanted) wallet.dat file, you'll likely need to show hidden folders (because it's in a hidden folder labeled .badcoin). To show/hide hidden folders, there's a checkbox in your control panel. Do a quick search like "how to show hide hidden folders windows" and find your OS version, Windows 7, 10, or whatever. The .badcoin folder is likely in a spot like this:
C:\Documents and Settings\YourUserName\Application data\Badcoin (for Windows XP)
C:\Users\YourUserName\Appdata\Roaming\Badcoin (for Windows Vista, 7, 10)
When you find the .badcoin folder, open it. Inside you'll see a "Wallets" folder. Inside that is the wallet.dat file. You can trash that (you might want to rename it and hang onto it for a second, just to be double-sure). Then, go back to your "written-key" file and duplicate it in the .badcoin/wallets folder. Make sure to rename it to wallet.dat
That's it. When you re-open the Badcoin wallet, things should be back to normal as before.
This assumes you already have the Badcoin wallet and that there is some BAD on it (otherwise, just install it fresh from the source). If you have zero in there, this is the best time to make a backup.
Go to "Receive" and make a couple of addresses, then write them down. Next, do all the steps below. To make sure everything is correct, you can double-check to see if those addresses are there again. If they are, you're good.
Make sure your wallet application is up to date (hover over the check mark in the bottom right corner). Then go to File, --> Backup Wallet. Give it a name, like badcoin_backup_todaysdate_wallet.dat
Alternately, if the wallet is up-to-date, you could simply find and then make a duplicate copy of the wallet.dat file (this was all that was done by going to File --> Backup Wallet). Note: the wallet.dat file is the most important file! This is your "money file."
You need to keep that file safe. Consider that the "written-key" to unlock your treasure chest vault.
Once you have that, you can trash/delete older versions of the badcoin software if you wish. As long as you have that wallet.dat file, you can restore things again.
Go ahead and trash your old wallet (you have that "written-key" wallet.dat file safe, right?).
Download a new version of the Badcoin software from the source.
The trick is to replace the new wallet.dat file (it's empty, because you just downloaded a fresh copy) with your older, original one with that's the "written-key" or "money file." That original file has your treasure vault holdings inside.
To find the new (not-wanted) wallet.dat file, you'll likely need to show hidden folders (because it's in a hidden folder labeled .badcoin). To show/hide hidden folders, there's a checkbox in your control panel. Do a quick search like "how to show hide hidden folders windows" and find your OS version, Windows 7, 10, or whatever. The .badcoin folder is likely in a spot like this:
C:\Documents and Settings\YourUserName\Application data\Badcoin (for Windows XP)
C:\Users\YourUserName\Appdata\Roaming\Badcoin (for Windows Vista, 7, 10)
When you find the .badcoin folder, open it. Inside you'll see a "Wallets" folder. Inside that is the wallet.dat file. You can trash that (you might want to rename it and hang onto it for a second, just to be double-sure). Then, go back to your "written-key" file and duplicate it in the .badcoin/wallets folder. Make sure to rename it to wallet.dat
That's it. When you re-open the Badcoin wallet, things should be back to normal as before.
