00:15:53 <SeanGolden[m]> hooray its there
00:18:27 <SeanGolden[m]> <selsta> "you have to open the wallet file..." <- got it back
00:18:37 <SeanGolden[m]> ty for your help
00:18:45 <SeanGolden[m]> i just gotta figure out now how to change it from view only so i can send it out
00:18:51 <SeanGolden[m]> and get my money back lol
00:21:04 <selsta> you either need the wallet.keys file
00:21:07 <selsta> or the seed
00:21:11 <selsta> or the private spend key
01:46:45 <SeanGolden[m]> ya i cannot find instructions anywhere
01:47:57 <selsta> SeanGolden[m]: how did you create the view only wallet in the first place?
01:48:30 <SeanGolden[m]> when you first make a wallet it asks i think i clicked it somehow
01:50:04 <SeanGolden[m]> supposed to be a way to change it thru command the cli program
01:50:08 <SeanGolden[m]> but i cant find out how
01:50:52 <SeanGolden[m]> been searching it will only let me make like a file that i guess can be imported to another hot wallet but finding that out seems impossible so far
02:02:09 <selsta> Which program did you use to initially create the wallet?
02:02:27 <SeanGolden[m]> monero gui
02:02:32 <selsta> Also what's the wallet name inside your explorer? Does it end with _viewonly or so?
02:03:06 <selsta> if you create a view only wallet it will create the _viewonly in addition to the regular wallet.
02:03:10 <SeanGolden[m]> ya top left says Account #0 toxinburn
02:03:15 <SeanGolden[m]> view only
02:03:22 <SeanGolden[m]> but it has the balance
02:03:24 <selsta> no
02:03:30 <selsta> which operating system do you use?
02:03:36 <SeanGolden[m]> windows 10
02:03:48 <selsta> Ok, open explorer and go to the location of the wallet file
02:03:57 <SeanGolden[m]> k
02:04:17 <selsta> you should have wallet, wallet.keys, wallet_viewonly and wallet_viewonly.keys
02:04:21 <selsta> with wallet being your wallet name
02:04:45 <SeanGolden[m]> just toxinburn and toxinburn.keys
02:05:37 <SeanGolden[m]> but like if you open it with gui wallet or choose to restore from that keys file it opens as view only everytime
02:05:54 <SeanGolden[m]> i think you can change it with monero-walllet-cli.exe somehow
02:06:01 <selsta> no, wait
02:06:58 <selsta> If you click on "Create a new wallet" it will never create a view only wallet.
02:07:10 <selsta> So I'm surprised how you got this in the first place.
02:07:26 <selsta> The only way to create a view only wallet is to do it in Settings but then it will get created in addition to the existing wallet.
02:07:36 <selsta> "wallet, wallet.keys, wallet_viewonly and wallet_viewonly.keys" <-- like here
02:08:13 <SeanGolden[m]> i just used the toxinburn.keys file to restore from file
02:08:24 <SeanGolden[m]> but it never asks again if you want view only or not
02:08:47 <selsta> In the GUI there is only "Open wallet from file" and "Restore wallet from seed/keys". Which did you choose?
02:09:07 <SeanGolden[m]> keys cause i did not have the seed
02:09:14 <SeanGolden[m]> view only has no seed
02:09:50 <selsta> on the keys page you have enter public address, private view key and private spend key
02:10:04 <selsta> if you don't enter private spend key you will get a view only wallet
02:10:22 <SeanGolden[m]> ya it does not have private spend key either
02:10:26 <SeanGolden[m]> only public
02:10:43 <SeanGolden[m]> it shouldnt be this ridiculous i know
02:11:00 <SeanGolden[m]> but it is 1.372012190000
02:11:05 <SeanGolden[m]> smh
02:11:40 <selsta> To get public address and private view key you must have generated this wallet at some point in time.
02:11:59 <selsta> That's where the seed usually gets written down :/
02:12:11 <SeanGolden[m]> ya i did and it never gave one with view only
02:12:21 <SeanGolden[m]> nor a private spend
02:12:38 <SeanGolden[m]> and i cant find any real support team for this wallet
02:13:24 <selsta> When did you create this wallet?
02:13:48 <SeanGolden[m]> on the 1st i believe it was
02:14:06 <SeanGolden[m]> cause atomic was and still is messed up with xmr
02:14:19 <selsta> Did you create it with atomic wallet?
02:14:46 <SeanGolden[m]> it was sent to this address thru cake wallet
02:15:18 <SeanGolden[m]> but it was on atomic then atomic support told me to import some stuff to gui which i did and now its on this view only crap
02:22:42 <SeanGolden[m]> under send it says waller is view-only and sends are only possible by using offline transaction signing. Unless key images are imported, the balance reflects only incoming but not outgoing transactions.
02:23:34 <SeanGolden[m]> so you can make a file with another wallet to send it to then create an offline transaction file
02:28:20 <SeanGolden[m]> but i dunno if maybe i should just make another wallet go back to the view only then see if i can maybe import that file or what
02:43:20 <selsta> SeanGolden[m]: do you still have to atomic wallet open?
02:43:35 <selsta> what can you export there? there must be more than just view key
02:43:35 <SeanGolden[m]> i can open it
02:44:39 <selsta> SeanGolden[m]: https://support.atomicwallet.io/article/156-xmr-importing-keys
02:44:43 <selsta> this has the steps
05:19:49 <selsta> SeanGolden[m]: did ^ work?
05:20:39 <selsta> you need the spend key, otherwise you won't be able to get your funds out