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Gatecraft

2011-12-17, 02:54 PM
I demoted myself to registered user to test something. How do get back to admin rank now that I changed it? I can't log into admincp so how do I do it without the admincp?

Paul H.

2011-12-17, 03:02 PM
Go into phpmyadmin and run this query:

UPDATE mybb_users SET usergroup='4' WHERE uid='your uid'

Gatecraft

2011-12-17, 03:13 PM
(2011-12-17, 03:02 PM)Paul H. Wrote: [ -> ]Go into phpmyadmin and run this query:

UPDATE mybb_users SET usergroup='4' WHERE uid='your uid'

Thanks Paul that worked!

Paul H.

2011-12-17, 03:16 PM
You're welcome Smile
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