PrestaShop 1.4 Admin Problem (SOLVED)

[charrabennett]

I have installed prestashop entirely - made it to the Ready Set Go page. Deleted the install and read me files and renamed the admin file.

BUT when I try to login with the login details i created in the install process - it tells me:
There is 1 error

1. Employee does not exist or password is incorrect.


So I have no access to the store at all that i just created. I have removed and reinstalled prestashop twice and still get the same problem.

See attachments.

How do I now add a user if I cant login to the Back Office?

[shokinro]

I guess you maybe input wrong email or password as you input at setup.
If it is brand new store you just installed, then the fastest way maybe re-install it.
(you have drop all tables if you want to use the same database)

If your store has been run for a while and the data can not be remove, please visit this to find a way to get into to admin site.

[theme_designer]

Go to MySQL to check which username and password are.

[cool cellphone case]

http://www.prestashop.com/forums/viewthread/4485/P15/installing_prestashop/employee_does_not_exist_or_bad_password/

i sort it out by this method, you should try it

[charrabennett]

Thank you - I figured it out!

[shokinro]

if you could share how you fixed the issue, it will be great. thanks charrabennett.
also please mark this the thread as SOLVED.

[charrabennett]

The other way to change the password that works is:
1) Register yourself on your store with the password that you want to be the admin password.
2) Goto PhpMyAdmin >> Customer >> copy the password key from user ID you just registered.
3) Goto PhpMyAdmin >> Employee >> paste the copied key on the password column of your admin ID.
Ofcourse these are encrypted so you should not change anything while you copy paste.
Thats it