You remember the Exodus screen more clearly than the backup location. Start with the old Windows user profile, then check the folders you copied when changing computers.
Where to look first on Windows
- Windows user profile application data folders
- Desktop and Documents backup folders
- External SSDs and USB drives used during machine migration
- Cloud-sync folders holding copied wallet exports or notes
Do not search only for the wallet name
Searching only for the word Exodus can miss the useful evidence. You should also look for exported backups, recovery notes, seed phrase references, and supporting text files created during setup or migration.
What usually gets overlooked
- Old profile backups from retired laptops
- Generic folders named
backup,wallet, orimportant - Password hints or copied notes stored near the wallet traces
- Archived migration folders that kept app data but not the original install path
How CryptoTrace helps with Exodus searches
CryptoTrace can scan old Windows profiles, backup folders, and removable media for wallet files, seed traces, and nearby artifacts in one local pass. That is useful when the problem is not just locating Exodus itself, but locating the surrounding recovery evidence that makes the wallet usable again.
Exodus documents its Windows data under %APPDATA%\Exodus, including backups of overwritten wallets where those records survive. Preserve the complete folder; a fresh installation is not a substitute for a backup.