Upgrade - lost recovery seed help

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Assuming you’re sure you have your spending password for your wallet that you lost seed words for, I’d recommend below:

  1. Go to location: %AppData%\Daedalus Mainnet
  2. While you only need Wallets from this location, to be safe backup all folders except chain (I assume you dont have a folder named DB-1.0 at the location, safe to ignore that folder if exists). Keep this backup safe and do not attempt to restore until you try the natural upgrade first (using below) and report back.
  3. Download and install latest Daedalus version from official site, i.e. https://daedaluswallet.io/
  4. This should start a long (multiple days) procedure of revalidating old DB + starting sync. Please ensure your machine remains connected for the duration, interrupting sync will mean you need to restart the revalidating of DB, which can take a while.
    PS: There are methods to accelerate sync (using mithril client OR using csnapshots.io), but it sounds like you prefer simplistic steps, so will avoid the other alternatives.
  5. Once sync is complete, you should still have your old wallet in UI. Report back if that is not the case.

Again, avoid anyone sending you a direct message or accepting your offer for payment - usually ends up in source or target parties being scammed.

Edit: You can also opt to get in touch with dedicated team for Daedalus support by using menu from within Daedalus wallet or via ‘Get Support’ on https://daedaluswallet.io

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