Employee does not exist or password is incorrect. Cannot login into my prestashop admin

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All of a sudden this happens in  your Prestashop and you can not log in.
Follow the step by step procedure carefully and you will succeed

1. Open the following file config/settings.inc.php

2. Find the line starting with define('_COOKIE_KEY_', .......
Eg: define('_COOKIE_KEY_', 'NShMAQ00aERNqQK1bDkfTJSLT4EHEGg69JPkdXh6j5wcC8W4OVm9yp7m');



3. Copy the key (the long alpha-numeric) from the same line
Eg:NShMAQ00aERNqQK1bDkfTJSLT4EHEGg69JPkdXh6j5wcC8W4OVm9yp7m

4. open your database in phpMyAdmin
5. Find the following table ps_employee



You will see at least one row of data which containts the name, email, password etc of the administrator of the shop.

6. Click on teh SQL button on the top of phpMyAdmin
7. Type the following query in to the blank area
SELECT MD5(CONCAT("your cookie key","your new pass"))


8. Modify the query replacing the "your cookie key" with the key you copied in step:
9. Modify "Your new pass" with a new password
See the image for how the change is made



10. Click the 'Go' button on the bottom right of the query area
You get a line of alpha-numeric as a resul of running the query.
Eg: a7ffb2509feefb3ccb97b4689e1d852b
Copey this line



11. Open the table ps_employee and paste the alpha-numeric at the password filed (replacing the existing one)



11. Now go to your admin page in the browser and enter the username ( the email id ) and the new password you had input to access.

Coooooooooooool !

If found useful, please bye me a coffee for the time you saved.



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