Don't rename files, it will get you in trouble. Just make a file called 1.bat which has this in it:
dash-qt.exe -wallet=1.dat
and another called 2.bat
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.
Ok,
1) Make a shortcut for dash-qt.exe
2) Right-click, go to properties, and where it says target:, add after the "(filename)" -wallet=wallet1.datf
"C:\Program Files\Dash\dash-qt.exe" -wallet=wallet1.dat
This shortcut will create a new wallet file named wallet1.dat and use that one every time, repeat these 2 steps with a different -wallet=(name).dat, to create new shortcuts to your wallet(s)
aggghhh...I'm lost. painful for non techies! I'll guess I'll have to leave one wallet per machine for now. Thanks for trying to help...but all this stuff is hard for people that aren't into to coding. Its the number one deterrent for talking to people about crypto. Things need to be dummy simple...and its not.
edit: it really irritates me that I can't figure this out. It should be just pick a location to install the new wallet...and there is the new wallet with its own new wallet.dat file. how hard would it be to code a wallet to behave like that? How much would it cost?