it worked! I ran into 2 problems. The wallet.dat file was set as read only. I right clicked and unchecked that. But it still wouldn't work on Bitcoin Core 0.22

I downgraded tried many different version and wouldn't load. Gave me errors.

When i got to version 14.3 it loaded fine but i could not see the balance. I went into the console and exported the private key and address. Good thing I still had the password.

I wish i knew earlier how to export private keys. Now i know. i thought the wallet.dat file was all i needed.