run the .exe with the -rescan option

No luck, same error with -rescan. Is there anything else I could try?

I would copy wallet.dat elsewhere, delete everything, redownload

....let it sync up , close program, and copy over wallet once its syned up

That did it, thank you good sir!

if you're feeling generous Grin

My Bitcoin is 1CVSeqTmbR8PB39FSkTnk88qfVHi5L3EoW

(haven't tried feathercoin yet...)