Insert a password to a wallet.dat file from windows cmd

Question

Is there a way to insert a password to a wallet.dat file from windows cmd?

I'm a newbie, so please be as specific as you can.

That wallet.dat file needs rescan, which I want to make after I insert the password. This I can't do from bitcoin core gui (version 0.22), since once running it starts rescanning immediately and so no menu appears and I can't do anything till it's finished the rescan.

Thanks

Answer 1

Is there a way to insert a password to a wallet.dat file from windows cmd?

1. Run cmd
2. Change directory to run bitcoind.exe. If Windows is installed in C drive:

   cd "C:\Program Files\Bitcoin\daemon"
   
   

3. Open another command prompt, change directory to above path and run this command:

   bitcoin-cli.exe walletpassphrase "my pass phrase" 60
   
   

   https://bitcoincore.org/en/doc/0.21.0/rpc/wallet/walletpassphrase/

You can also do this using PowerShell. However I am not sure if this will help with rescan issue.

Answer 2

Using the info @Prayank provided, I managed to do it the following way:

Run first cmd session and changed directory to where bitcoind.exe resides. Then run bitcoind.exe

Run second cmd session, changed directory to the same one as above and then run

bitcoin-cli loadwallet directory_where_wallet.dat_resides

bitcoin-cli encryptwallet "my pass phrase"