MyEtherWallet CX was a popular Chromium-based browser extension released in 2016 by the developers of MyEtherWallet (MEW). It was discontinued in 2022 and rebranded as Enkrypt, but many early users still have their original wallet data sitting on old hard drives. If you used this software years ago to store your crypto and no longer know where its files ended up, you are not alone.
The good news is that your wallet data can still be tracked down. The best way to find it is to scan your computer with an application called Treasure Hunter, though a manual search is also possible.
How to automatically scan your computer for MyEtherWallet CX files
The most reliable way to find MyEtherWallet CX data is to use software built for this job. Treasure Hunter inspects the contents of every file on your computer to determine whether it holds cryptocurrency data. Thanks to its advanced detection techniques, it recognizes the Chromium database fragments left behind by this extension even if they have been renamed, moved somewhere unexpected, or partially corrupted.
Treasure Hunter also scans a wide variety of storage devices, including HDDs, SSDs, USB keys, SD cards, and even optical media like CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray discs. It runs on Windows, Mac and Linux, and you can search your devices for free.
The manual way
If you would rather not download any software, you can look for the MyEtherWallet CX files yourself. Be aware that this is a delicate process, as the extension doesn’t save a single, neatly named wallet file. Instead, it stores your wallet data inside Chromium database fragments.
To attempt a manual recovery, you must use your computer’s search function to find a folder named nlbmnnijcnlegkjjpcfjclmcfggfefdm.
If you manage to locate this folder, you will need to search inside it for files that end with the .ldb or .log extensions.
These are the files that contain your wallet data.
Why a manual search often comes up empty
While the manual approach is possible, it has several significant failings.
- Time-consuming: combing through an entire hard drive for a specific folder can take days of effort.
- Error-prone: it is easy to overlook your wallet data among the millions of files a storage device can hold.
- Version issues: you may have used a version of MyEtherWallet CX that stored its data differently, rendering manual searches useless.
- Hidden files: the manual method regularly fails if the files were renamed or moved away from prying eyes.
- Lack of scalability: you cannot easily check many computers or backups at once.
This is precisely why I created Treasure Hunter: it automates the entire process and is significantly more effective than anything you can do by hand.
