Resetting your admin password in PrestaShop 1.6

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1. Hi, I did everything you said but it doesn’t work…I use prestashop 1.6.1.5

   And this is my modified line:

   UPDATE `Sql456063_3`.`ps_employee` SET `passwd` = MD5( ‘xdj7kfVuyOz5V7VCwGu85UBtAMHkEgb8LbLTrJkC4YBBB9sCbcHM1G9XXX2018’ ) WHERE `ps_employee`.`id_employee` =1;

   Would you have some council for me?

   Thank you 

   1. I’m sorry to see this didn’t work for you. There are multiple ways to recover the administrator password. I recommend trying this method, if others have not worked: How to Change the Admin Password in Prestashop 1.7. Although you are using an alternative version, these instructions should work for your version as well. Be sure to make a backup of your database before proceeding!

2. Thank you very much Fernardo. I has stuck for a while and I thought there was something wrong with my xampp installation. Fortunately I found your post and followed your instructions. Your solution is working perfectly!

3. I try all this solutions but doen’t worked for me, because the passwd field in Prestashop 1.6 is varchar(32) and the COOKIE_KEY is bigger. So, I try this and worked for me. Execute this:

   UPDATE ps_employee set passwd = MD5(‘copy_the_cookie_key_hereNEWPASSWORDCLEARTEXT’) where email = ‘[email protected]’

   And works fine

   The new password is PASSWORDCLEARTEXT

    

4. Is there any way to do that directly in the database ? For a test installation on my localhost, I would like to avoid cofiguring the email.

   1. Hello mika,

      Thank you for contacting us. Please see our guide on how to reset your password in the database, as it will walk you through the process.

      Thank you,
      John-Paul

5. this is not work in localhost. i don;t receive email. any other suggestion?

   1. Hello Antonis,

      Have you setup your localhost to receive mail? Have you forwarded your domain to your localhost IP address?

      Kindest Regards,
      TJ Edens

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