<p>The previous Core version used 2 years ago was 19.0.1. I have since then upgraded to 21.1 last year.
The wallet which worked fine with 19.0.1 is no longer loading in 21.1.
The database in up to date and the default wallet(empty wallet for 21.1) is loading fine but the previous wallet is making Core close without error messages. Also tried a few copies of same wallet with same result.</p>
<p>Thanks,
Christian</p>

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2023-05-17T17:12:12.787Z
Are there are any errors logged in the debug.log file? Have you tried a more recent version as 0.21.x is EOL?
Ava Chow
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2023-05-18T12:05:28.990Z
I found the solution but it should not be this way. Ver. 21.1 forced me to "Create Wallet" (instead of using the default one directly under the Bitcoin folder) and at the same time creating a new sub folder into which I placed my old wallet and it worked. I also re-imported the privkey to create a brand new wallet on ver. 21.1. I will upgrade to the latest version and we'll see how it goes. Many thanks!
Christian
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Unable to load 2 year old wallet into Core
Christian
# Unable to load 2 year old wallet into Core

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-05-17)

The previous Core version used 2 years ago was 19.0.1. I have since then upgraded to 21.1 last year.
The wallet which worked fine with 19.0.1 is no longer loading in 21.1.
The database in up to date and the default wallet(empty wallet for 21.1) is loading fine but the previous wallet is making Core close without error messages. Also tried a few copies of same wallet with same result.

Thanks,
username_0

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Are there are any errors logged in the debug.log file? Have you tried a more recent version as 0.21.x is EOL?  
> **username_0**: I found the solution but it should not be this way. Ver. 21.1 forced me to "Create Wallet" (instead of using the default one directly under the Bitcoin folder) and at the same time creating a new sub folder into which I placed my old wallet and it worked. I also re-imported the privkey to create a brand new wallet on ver. 21.1. I will upgrade to the latest version and we'll see how it goes. Many thanks!  

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