Is there a way to restore an old .wallet file?

[Evo-Crypto]

Hello i found an old .wallet file on my old USB-Drive.
I don't have any .info file or backup file, just the .wallet file.
Importing into the multidoge wallet doesn't work. Is there a way to find the Private key or the adress to even check if i have ballance on this Wallet?

[AfzalivE]

I just did this. You can download Dogecoin-qt (Dogecoin core), copy the wallet.dat file to the location used by Dogecoin-qt, then start the app.

It should show the unconfirmed balance and then you can go to the "Much receive" tab, open up Help > Debug window > Console and type dumpprivkey <receive address> for each address. Put all the outputs in a doge-private-keys.key file (each key separated by a new line) like this:

key1_goes_here
key2_goes_here

Then import this key file in MultiDoge. It will recognize all the keys.

Unfortunately, synchonizing is going to be a significant amount of download. If you don't want to download, you can use Exodus and use the "move funds" option, paste each private key there.

But it sweeps those addresses to incurs transaction fees.

[Evo-Crypto]

Thank you for your answer! But i don't have a "wallet.dat" file, i only have a "multidoge.wallet" file from Multidoge. Is there a way to convert it to an .dat file, so i can try this?

[SSouper]

i have the same issue, trying to open a old .wallet file errors out with com.google.dogecoin.store.UnreadableWalletException Could not read wallet. i dont have the .info file

[chris-hjelmfelt]

If you have a backup of .wallet you don't use the import tool. Did you try File-> Open Wallet and then choose the .wallet file you want to restore?

[Evo-Crypto]

Yes i tried this and got an error.
The Error sayes: "com.google.dogecoin.store.UnreadableWalletException Could not read wallet"

[chris-hjelmfelt]

Could your wallet backup file have gotten damaged? That's kind of what it sounds like to me.

[Evo-Crypto]

Could be yeah. Its an 6 year old Wallet and got moved through 3 PCs over the time. Sadly i only have the ".Wallet" file and not more.

[chris-hjelmfelt]

Yeah I had a bunch of files along with the .wallet file. I bet it doesn't know how to restore with only that one piece, It might be worth holding onto. If you think you have a bunch of coins maybe you would eventually find someone who had the knowledge to reverse engineer enough to see if the private keys are in that file. I don't know enough to be able to tell.

[Evo-Crypto]

Thanks for your answers! I will definitely hold on to it :)

[chris-hjelmfelt]

I found this article about .wallet files:
https://fileinfo.com/extension/wallet
It looks like there is a tool for extracting info from a Multibit wallet which uses the .wallet extension as well so there's a chance it might work. It does take some technical knowledge, but if you are really determined, or have a friend who can help, this might be a way to get at your keys:
https://github.com/Multibit-Legacy/read-multibit-wallet-file
Good Luck!

[armour248]

I'm an idiot. But when I do "npm install -g mbexport" I get the following...

npm ERR! code EEXIST
npm ERR! path C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\mbexport\build\mbexport
npm ERR! dest C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Roaming\npm\mbexport.cmd
npm ERR! EEXIST: file already exists, cmd shim 'C:\Users\xxxxxs\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\mbexport\build\mbexport' -> 'C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Roaming\npm\mbexport.cmd'
npm ERR! File exists: C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Roaming\npm\mbexport.cmd
npm ERR! Remove the existing file and try again, or run npm
npm ERR! with --force to overwrite files recklessly.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache_logs\2021-07-14T21_07_50_089Z-debug.log

and when I just go to a command prompt and try mbexport I get....

internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:905
throw err;
^

Error: Cannot find module 'C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\mbexport\build\mbexport'
←[90m at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:902:15)←[39m
←[90m at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:746:27)←[39m
←[90m at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (internal/modules/run_main.js:76:12)←[39m
←[90m at internal/main/run_main_module.js:17:47←[39m {
code: ←[32m'MODULE_NOT_FOUND'←[39m,
requireStack: []

I noticed that it's trying to find the module at C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\mbexport\build\mbexport and my directories seem to end at C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Roaming\npm\

[chris-hjelmfelt]

try uninstalling mbexport and then installing it again

npm uninstall -g mbexport

you could also try forcing an npm update in case npm is having problems

npm install -g npm@latest --force

[ReverseControl]

@Evo-Crypto Did you resolve your issue?

[armour248]

I couldn't figure out my situation either. I just gave up after trying to use mbexport and not getting past the error messages I was getting

[Evo-Crypto]

@ReverseControl sadly no. The wallet extractor works quite well for newer wallets I testet with. But with my old Dogecoin wallet it gave an error and asks for my password. Maybe the .wallet file is broken or I forgot my password.

[ReverseControl]

If you guys eventually find a solution please post it here. I will suggest we close this issue for the time being.

@patricklodder @rnicoll @michilumin I suggest we close this one.

[doge2021]

i have the same issue, trying to open a old .wallet file errors out with com.google.dogecoin.store.UnreadableWalletException Could not read wallet. i dont have the .info file
do you fixed it? you may reach BTC recovery service on twitter. he helped me on my doge wallet year ago. good luck

[doge2021]

I couldn't figure out my situation either. I just gave up after trying to use mbexport and not getting past the error messages I was getting

do you fixed it? you may reach BTC recovery service on twitter. he helped me on my doge wallet year ago. good luck

[doge2021]

@ReverseControl sadly no. The wallet extractor works quite well for newer wallets I testet with. But with my old Dogecoin wallet it gave an error and asks for my password. Maybe the .wallet file is broken or I forgot my password.

you need the password to access to it, if you have rough idea of the password, https://www.btc2doge.com/ can help

[doge2021]

I couldn't figure out my situation either. I just gave up after trying to use mbexport and not getting past the error messages I was getting

if you still have the file, can contact https://www.btc2doge.com/ for help

[bonnelouise]

I got help from https://cryptorecovers.com amazing service, saw that btc2doge is down. but they did the trick! :)

[SSouper]

I got help from https://cryptorecovers.com amazing service, saw that btc2doge is down. but they did the trick! :)

oh noo did your github account get compromised?