<p>I found the solution. It turns out that <code>bitcoin.conf</code> are not generated just by installing and running bitcoin core.</p>
<ol>
<li>Run bitcoin core and wait until it's fully open.</li>
<li>Go to settings &gt; option</li>
<li>Click &quot;Open configuration file&quot; , and click &quot;OK&quot;, if you haven't installed software that can modify a <code>.conf</code> file, the operating system will ask you to choose software to open it. If you're using windows 8, click &quot;More options&quot;, and select Notepad.</li>
<li>Now the <code>bitcoin.conf</code> is opened, save the file and the bitcoin.conf will now appear in the datadir.</li>
</ol>

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<p>According to <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Running_Bitcoin" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Running_Bitcoin</a> , for default bitcoin datadir <code>%APPDATA%\Bitcoin\</code>, the typical path to configuration file is <code>%APPDATA%\Bitcoin\bitcoin.conf</code></p>
<p>But bitcoin is filling up my C: drive real quick so i moved the bitcoin datadir to D: drive by creating shortcut with the parameter : <code>&quot;D:\Bitcoin Core\Bitcoin\bitcoin-qt.exe&quot; -datadir=&quot;d:\Bitcoin Core\Data&quot;</code></p>
<p>But i can't find the bitcoin.conf in the datadir , i even used file explorer search to search in the datadir and in the folder that contains the datadir folder.
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/KDZlp.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/KDZlp.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
<p>That image is the only result from the search , bitcoin-conf.md is not the bitcoin.conf i am looking for , so it is obvious the bitcoin.conf is not in the datadir.</p>
<p>Where is the bitcoin.conf ?!?!?<br />
I swear there is no Bitcoin folder in %APPDATA%</p>

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bitcoin.conf missing
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# bitcoin.conf missing

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-09-29)

According to <https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Running_Bitcoin> , for default bitcoin datadir `%APPDATA%\Bitcoin\`, the typical path to configuration file is `%APPDATA%\Bitcoin\bitcoin.conf`

But bitcoin is filling up my C: drive real quick so i moved the bitcoin datadir to D: drive by creating shortcut with the parameter : `"D:\Bitcoin Core\Bitcoin\bitcoin-qt.exe" -datadir="d:\Bitcoin Core\Data"`

But i can't find the bitcoin.conf in the datadir , i even used file explorer search to search in the datadir and in the folder that contains the datadir folder.
[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/KDZlp.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/KDZlp.png)

That image is the only result from the search , bitcoin-conf.md is not the bitcoin.conf i am looking for , so it is obvious the bitcoin.conf is not in the datadir.

Where is the bitcoin.conf ?!?!?  
I swear there is no Bitcoin folder in %APPDATA%

**Tags:** bitcoin-core, bitcoin.conf


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2021-09-29. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

I found the solution. It turns out that `bitcoin.conf` are not generated just by installing and running bitcoin core.

1. Run bitcoin core and wait until it's fully open.
2. Go to settings > option
3. Click "Open configuration file" , and click "OK", if you haven't installed software that can modify a `.conf` file, the operating system will ask you to choose software to open it. If you're using windows 8, click "More options", and select Notepad.
4. Now the `bitcoin.conf` is opened, save the file and the bitcoin.conf will now appear in the datadir.


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