Quote from: marine1983 on September 24, 2014, 09:35:40 AM

Right I need a little help. I have installed the social wallet. I have copied the old wallet.dat file over the top of the one in %appdata% How the hell do I now launch the wallet? there are no shortcuts created (windows 8.1) unlike the qt wallet. The only way I have found to launch the wallet is using the one in the zipped download.

I have also tried to install the electrum wallet incase. The instructions are very weak. It states just run the exe and you will be good to go. Again how do I launch the wallet. Again the only way is to run the exe in the downloaded zip. Again I have copied the wallet.dat and they do not show.

When I launch the wallet it still does not show any coins?

Edit..

I have managed to get this going. I had to copy across the blockchain and let it sync properly. My coins now show up in the new wallet. Defiantly needs an auto update tool for this. Or a step by step guide

This is something that concerns me greatly about Reddcoin. I also installed the social wallet and went through the same difficulties of trying to work out why it didn't "install" like a proper packaged application. I also wanted to copy the block chain files across so I didn't have to download the whole block chain again. In the Reddit forum announcing the social wallet, a comment was made on this subject "Oh just copy the blockchain across from the Qt wallet to the social wallet" with no detail on how that's actually done, whether it's a feature/function or whether you just copy a specific set of files manually.....I worked it out myself in the end but instructions like this that are devoid of specifics assume everyone is technical and has previous experience with wallets. Nothing is more off putting for a person that's come in fresh than the people promoting/supporting it unthinkingly supposing everyone already knows all this stuff. It just makes new people think it's a techo realm they can't possibly partake in.

If we want adoption outside of crypto fans and techos (which the whole tipping platform is obviously destined for) we must have better instructions for installing/upgrading wallets and helping people be sure they're not going to lose their coins.