That's very odd. The wallet is just a file and files don't just vanish

Also you still have to have java somehwere as the standlaone still needs java just not the 64bit version.
I found it quite odd too. Haha you're right, I was thinking of my laptop which didn't have Java, I forgot I had it on this computer for Minecraft. I may as well get the 64 bit client then. Although I still am not a fan of it. I also seem to be having the issue when trying to start delegated harvesting which is "Error 709: "The account is unknown. An account needs to be part of at least one transaction (sender or recipient) to be known to the network." Any ideas?
Edit: Upon installing the 64bit client my wallet was found again

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