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I'm trying to create a solana wallet using solana-keygen and then check it's balance With this line I create the wallet with the spesific outfile

C:\Users\Ali Berkin>solana-keygen new --force -o "C:\Users\Ali Berkin\Documents\Solana\test.json"

It generated the wallet successfully and outputted me this

Generating a new keypair

For added security, enter a BIP39 passphrase
NOTE! This passphrase improves security of the recovery seed phrase NOT the                                                                                                                                                  
keypair file itself, which is stored as insecure plain text
                                                                                                                                                              
BIP39 Passphrase (empty for none):                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
Wrote new keypair to C:\Users\Ali Berkin\Documents\Solana\test.json                                                                                               
================================================================================                                                                                  
pubkey: CgvYXNqdVLvNvByFXiSkFGfRC3QFR9SGZq17Bq1bRdht                                                                                                              
================================================================================

then I saved this keypair as my default keypair

C:\Users\Ali Berkin>solana config set --keypair "C:\Users\Ali 
Berkin\Documents\Solana\test.json"                                                                  
Config File: C:\Users\Ali Berkin\.config\solana\cli\config.yml                                                                                                    
RPC URL: https://metaplex.devnet.rpcpool.com/                                                                                                                     
WebSocket URL: wss://metaplex.devnet.rpcpool.com/ (computed)                                                                                                      
Keypair Path: C:\Users\Ali Berkin\Documents\Solana\test.json                                                                                                      
Commitment: confirmed

Finally, when I tried to check my balance, it threw an error which looks like this

C:\Users\Ali Berkin>solana balance
Error: Dynamic program error: No default signer found, run "solana-keygen new -o 
C:\Users\Ali Berkin\Documents\Solana\test.json" to create a new one

I already created a keypair at C:\Users\Ali Berkin\Documents\Solana\test.json but error tells me to create one. Can someone help me with this?

Edit: I'm sure that test json is at the right directory

C:\Users\Ali Berkin\Documents\Solana>dir                                                                                 
Volume in drive C has no label.                                                                                         
Volume Serial Number is 229F-F657                                                                                                                                                                                                               
Directory of C:\Users\Ali Berkin\Documents\Solana                                                                                                                                                                                              
30.07.2022  15:48    <DIR>          .                                                                                   
30.07.2022  15:48    <DIR>          ..                                                                                  
30.07.2022  15:35    <DIR>          airdrop_project                                                                     
30.07.2022  15:48               231 test.json
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  • Out of curiosity, could you try doing an airdrop. solana airdrop 1 -- what happens?
    – C.OG
    Commented Aug 1, 2022 at 12:40
  • I got the same error: Dynamic program error: No default signer found
    – brknarsy
    Commented Aug 1, 2022 at 12:42
  • Hmm can you confirm that the file actually exists at C:\Users\Ali Berkin\Documents\Solana\test.json
    – C.OG
    Commented Aug 1, 2022 at 12:56
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    Another thought is, could be due to the space in your username. Could you create a new keypair to the default path, and try the commands again.
    – C.OG
    Commented Aug 1, 2022 at 13:00
  • yes sir, I edited the question you can check
    – brknarsy
    Commented Aug 1, 2022 at 13:01

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This is due to the space in your username.

Consider choosing a path with no space or use the default path for the keypair file.

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Another possible cause of this problem is using the Unix tilde ~ character in your config file..

Solana CLI does not handle the tilde character properly.

My own system was in a loop of:

% solana config get
Config File: /Users/me/.config/solana/cli/config.yml
RPC URL: https://api.devnet.solana.com
WebSocket URL: wss://api.devnet.solana.com/ (computed)
Keypair Path: ~/.config/solana/id.json
Commitment: confirmed

When I ran commands like:

% solana airdrop 1
Error: Dynamic program error: No default signer found, run "solana-keygen new -o ~/.config/solana/id.json" to create a new one

~/.config/solana/id.json already exists, and the contents look good.

Changing /Users/me/.config/solana/cli/config.yml to use the full path (either by editing the file or with solana config set -k ~/.config/solana/id.json, which will expand into the full path from the shell) fixes the problem.

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