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I must be getting too old for all this, I totally spazzed on seeing the search field. Sure enough, there is a fah-client now running, although it's pretty moribund as I'm not crunching. There HAS to be some form of executable somewhere. Normally I'd think something along the lines of a kernel extension... I do have some in there from software that I use so I don't think it's 100% closed down.

The fah-client process will stay mostly inactive even when folding is active. The actual number crunching is done in the FahCorenn processes. Those use the executable folding cores I mentioned. The client launches those processes with the appropriate parameters including WU location after downloading it. Then when the WU is finished the fah-client process handles uploading it to the server and getting the acknowledgment of its receipt. Then it clears out the work files for that WU.

Do not “clean up” files you find when digging around. They might still be needed by something.

The client executable is /usr/local/bin/fah-client
You do not need to ever mess with it.
If you choose to uninstall, download the uninstaller package from the link in Applications/Folding@home.

Ah, good to know, thanks. Yeah, I got the uninstaller.

Okey dokie...

It's been a very long time since I ran FAH. I had a username (not email) and very long password to log in. I had amassed quite a few hours of folding.

I can't seem to log in to the new version. No, I don't know what version I used before, and it's been a couple of windows computers ago, so backups are useless even if I had them (which I don't). Forgot password fails for me as it does not recognize my email address (which has not changed).

If I've lost all my past work, I know that the project didn't. While I'd like to get my old stats back, I can also start all over again. I so still have my team number and name.

Any tips for me?

Thanks in advance...

Your previous very long password was not a password, but a passkey, which is still valid and needs to be entered after you log into your fah account.
Passkey is not a passphrase or password for fah account.
Old fah did not have accounts, this one does
https://foldingathome.org/guides/v8-4-client-guide/

The older client didn't have a password, it had a hexadecimal passkey - that long thing you misremembered as a password. You would get the same passkey sent to you if you use the same username and email address using the passkey request form - https://apps.foldingathome.org/getpasskey. You may even still have it in an old email if you are still using the same account and didn't delete it.

The account and password in the current client is new. They are not required, but allow you to monitor and control one or more systems doing folding remotely from many browsers.

If you use the same username and passkey the client should show points for both new work and what you did in the past.

There is a link on the download page to a user guide. It is highly recommended that it be read to get your client set up.

Thank you @muziqaz and @Joe_H for your replies...

I registered a new account and used that passkey that I had stored as a password as I didn't know the difference between the two back then. Apparently, everything got hooked back up and I'm off to the races.

Though I wouldn't wish it on them, I wish the developers of this system would teach many of the commercial software developers how to write good software that improves and evolves, but does not obsolete older versions. (Are you listening M$?)

Nuff said...off my soapbox now...