The Bitqoin program bitcoin-qt runs ok and obviusly finds the wallet. opening the wallet shows data that is unreadable. Running bitcoin-qt is no problem. Is there a program I can use that can show me the content of the wallet?
Why do you want to open the wallet file without using bitcoind or bitcoin-qt?
What are you trying to open the wallet file with? A text editor?
Please clarify what your end goal is so others can help. The wallet file is supposed to be open with bitcoin-qt.