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Re: Recover btc old pc - Unistalled Client back in 2010
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nc50lc
on 09/08/2022, 04:03:36 UTC
Or if there's any new file that the bitcoin client creates or overwritten file. Some trace left even after the unistall of the client?
Bitcoin Core's "data directory" wont be deleted even if the client was uninstalled, its default location is in %appdata%/bitcoin.
%appdata% in Windows is in "<Drive letter>:/Users/<Your_Username>/AppData/Roaming"
You need to enable 'hidden files' view to find the appdata folder.

Before giving-up, you might want to try the other tools.
But in my test, pywallet -recover can definitely recover keys from a deleted wallet.