"error: to use bitcoind, you must set a rpcpassword in the configuration file"

[prophetx]

i get this trying to run bitcoind on win8, i have a conf file with a rpcpassword

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related problem is that when i run bitcoin-qt with daemon and server set to 1, i cannot connect to the rpc port from localhost.

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i can get this to work on linux, i just cannot figure out what to do on windows.  please help.

[Abdussamad]

TRy specifying a data directory:

bitcoind -datadir=c:\whatever\whatever\ getinfo

[prophetx]

TRy specifying a data directory:

bitcoind -datadir=c:\whatever\whatever\ getinfo

thanks!

i figured it out, i had a new laptop and forgot windows hides file extensions by default so i had bitcoin.conf.conf woops...