Navigate to C:\users\username\appdata\roaming\sync ...however you do that on win 8...I still use win 7 x64.

tried that but it doesn't work the same way as it did when i had windows 7. those files simply don't exist on 8....as i stated last night.
Windows key + E > type %appdata%\sync in address bar > hit enter
no match found. thx for the help tho.
if that doesn't take you there then I don't think you have a sync folder. Try just typing %appdata% in your address bar and look for the sync directory. If it's not there try searching the system for a folder named sync. If you don't have that folder somewhere I don't know how you can have a wallet?