user11969: I want to backup only the private key, not the full litecoin-qt wallet for the reason that the wallet can be used only with litecoin-qt client and if I have to use it after few years or on other machine, I do not want to wait the client to fully download the full blockchain.
Could anyone please let me know how to extract the private key from the wallet file?

user12499: Go in the console and type : dumpprivkey litecoinaddress
Use the help if nessassary.
The console is in : Help\Debug Windows

11969: <p>I want to backup only the private key, not the full litecoin-qt wallet for the reason that the wallet can be used only with litecoin-qt client and if I have to use it after few years or on other machine, I do not want to wait the client to fully download the full blockchain.</p>

<p>Could anyone please let me know how to extract the private key from the wallet file?</p>
 12499: <p>Go in the console and type : dumpprivkey <em>litecoinaddress</em></p>

<p>Use the help if nessassary.</p>

<p>The console is in : Help\Debug Windows</p>
