thanks fellas, ill keep you posted.

thanks for the info fellas,

i do not recall the miner software. that was many many moons ago.....

the actual c: drive has been formatted many times since then, and the folder ( appdata) was a copy that contained 'libraries' which is a copy of all my saved game folders. its amazing that it even survived this far. i will do another search tonight on all the hard disks. Im like a digital hoarder, i save everything. I still have the original napster.exe installer.

ok, so it is basically a 'wallet address' and is basically useless with out the key?

I was laying in bed last night and remembered... "oh crap, I had a miner running on my PC back in 2013, wonder if there are any coins stashed on my computer"
Did a quick search of my archive hard drive and came across a word file named 'bitcoin' that contains a phrase, 34 characters long, starts with '15eax'

I have been searching the internet and these forums to dry and decipher what this code is, and how to import it. Forgive my lack of knowledge in this field, I have a 5yo and have not been on my computer in far too long, the industry has surpassed my current knowledge level.   Thanks for any info.