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Re: [ANN][DASH] Dash | First Anonymous Coin | Inventor of X11, DGW, Darksend and InstantX
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bigrcanada1
on 27/01/2016, 06:27:23 UTC
The help file above didn't help me much actually.  how do I install all of the files to one directory.  Its still installing the wallet on users/username/appdata/Dash ??  I want to have multiple wallets obviously with their own .dat files.

1) Close the Dash program

2) Rename wallet.dat to wallet_old.dat

3) Restart Dash-qt.exe

It will create a second (new), wallet.dat, which you can then rename to wallet_new.dat, or wallet_2.dat, or whatever you like...

Whichever one you want to load, rename to wallet.dat

Just be certain Dash wallet is not running when you rename wallet.dat files, and it might be a good idea to create a backup of both wallet.dat files as well

PS: Regarding backups, https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Securing_your_wallet#Securing_the_Bitcoin-Qt_or_bitcoind_wallet
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...So when a backup is first created, it has all of your old keys plus 100 unused keys. After sending a transaction, it has 99 unused keys. After a total of 100 new-key actions, you will start using keys that are not in your backup. Since the backup does not have the private keys necessary for authorizing spends of these coins, restoring from the old backup will cause you to lose Bitcoins.


Don't rename files, it will get you in trouble.  Just make a file called 1.bat which has this in it:
Code:
dash-qt.exe -wallet=1.dat

and another called 2.bat
Code:
dash-qt.exe -wallet=2.dat

etc.

Then run 1.bat or 2.bat or...



ummm ok, I don't what this means.  I'm not a tech guy.  Is there a way to install one wallet to one folder link to the .dat file in that one folder?

Edit: Im installing the wallets on a single windows PC.