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Electrum logistical question
by
pacnw
on 06/10/2015, 04:52:03 UTC
On a Windows 7 system where I have Electrum 1.9.8 installed (watching-only wallet), the (domain) user whose profile Electrum 1.9.8 was installed as no longer exists but the \AppData\Roaming\Electrum folder of the user does still exist and default_wallet is in the wallets folder and everything else is apparently still intact.

When I open Electrum 1.9.8 as a different use on the machine where the watching wallet is installed, I receive a pop-up window that says "Electrum could not find an existing wallet" and "What do you want to do?" with the three choices (radio buttons) being:

- Create new wallet
- Restore an existing wallet from its seed
- Create a watching-only version of an existing wallet

What's the method for getting back to a functional watching wallet?

Can I just copy the Electrum folder to the same PATH of the new user and open Electrum on the watching computer and Electrum will find the wallet and any other necessary files?

Or should I do one of the three choices and which one?

Also, can Electrum be used with a PATH that doesn't involve storing anything in the installing user's profile?

One last question, can anybody point me to documentation on how to upgrade Electrum to a current version when using cold storage and a watching-only wallet setup?

Thanks