Explanation: Doesn't preserve the same behaviour as code throws BaseException not SystemExit. Therefore it wasn't meant to be catching user errors.

Revert "Added more descriptive error if wallet cannot be loaded"

This reverts commit 47432b32c8.

electrum

@@ -179,8 +179,8 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
             found = wallet.file_exists
             if not found:
                 found = gui.restore_or_create()
-        except IOError:
-            exit("Error retrieving wallet file.")
+        except SystemExit, e:
+            exit(e)
         except BaseException, e:
             import traceback
             traceback.print_exc(file=sys.stdout)