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Restoring a wallet from private keys (via the command line) is pretty simple. If you have the necessary information, with this guide you can completely restore your wallet. Note: you do NOT have to have your password to restore from keys.

You need to have 3 pieces of data from your wallet, or your .keys file which holds this info and the password to decrypt it. The 3 wallet components that you need are:

1. **Address**
2. **Secret Spendkey**
3. **Secret Viewkey**


Then run the wallet command:

`./monero-wallet-cli --generate-from-keys New_Wallet_Name.abc`

Next, you'll be asked for the Address, the spendkey, the viewkey, and finally the new password for the re-generated wallet.

Running this with the correct parameters will re-generate your wallet files for you and allow you to set a new password.

If you run into any trouble, running `./monero-wallet-cli --help` will show you the options available to you at wallet startup. Once you're inside your wallet, running the `help` command will list the help for the commands available to you within the wallet.
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Add files via upload 2017-07-15 13:04:58 +00:00			`Restoring a wallet from private keys (via the command line) is pretty simple. If you have the necessary information, with this guide you can completely restore your wallet. Note: you do NOT have to have your password to restore from keys.`
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			`1. Address`
			`2. Secret Spendkey`
			`3. Secret Viewkey`


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Add files via upload 2017-07-15 13:04:58 +00:00			`Next, you'll be asked for the Address, the spendkey, the viewkey, and finally the new password for the re-generated wallet.`
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Add files via upload 2017-07-15 13:04:58 +00:00			`Running this with the correct parameters will re-generate your wallet files for you and allow you to set a new password.`
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Command line correction The command line is missing --generate-from-keys option 2017-10-18 18:08:44 +00:00			If you run into any trouble, running `./monero-wallet-cli --help` will show you the options available to you at wallet startup. Once you're inside your wallet, running the `help` command will list the help for the commands available to you within the wallet.