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by **manimca** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 3:57 pm

I forgot my admin password.
How i can able reset my admin password.

Please help me.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Mani

by **digitalchaos** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 8:24 pm

Use a MD5 hash generator like http://gtools.org/tool/md5-hash-generator/ if you are using cPanel open phpmyadmin find the admin account password field copy the old hash to a text file just in case generate a new one with the hash generator copy & paste it in remembering what it was before you hashed it save or update the mysql file and then go back to opencart and login with the new paswword

This worked for me i was to lazy to re-upload the files all over again & reapply the mods etc

Hope this helps

by **Blueforce** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 4:41 am

Hi,

I would also do it the way digitalchaos describes. But if you have access to phpmyadmin you don't need any external md5 hash generator, just type the password you want in the password field in plain text and select "MD5" in the "function" field in front of the password field - save the changes and your done.

Regards,
Leffe

by **manimca** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 2:46 pm

Thanks dear Friends.

Its working great

by **digitalchaos** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 4:18 pm

I forgot that phpmyadmin had that feature it can really save your butt when needed

by **han4bond** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 11:33 pm

I don't know if any of you will see this, but thanks for the responses to this post. I had this problem and needed an emergency solution, so I found this thread and it saved the day. Thanks again!

by **Moggin** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 12:25 am

Jay's neat app will also help anyone reading this thread:

Open Cart Administrator Password Reset tool

by **p4m** » Wed Feb 09, 2011 10:47 pm

Thanks you so much,very very helpfull and time saving.

by **Clear Skies** » Fri Jul 13, 2012 2:14 am

Thanks Blueforce,
That worked like a charm. You seriously saved me from deleting my installation and having to re-install and configure my template and upload my products again.