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So I had this mybb forum install and the host got shut down but luckly I had backup.

Now the issue is, I uploaded my mybb backup using phpmyadmin as shown on docs but the prefix of my original mybb backup is mybb_admin, mybb_users but the new mybb I installed has this prefix mybb8h_admin, mybb8h_users so the backup is useless and nothing old is showing up, only the new fresh installation is being shown!

How to fix this issue and restore my forum?

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So I found the fix to change /inc/config.php and change the default prefix.

How to reset the password using phpmyadmin

https://docs.mybb.com/1.8/faq/moving-to-a-new-web-host/

you can change the prefix in inc/config.php

Did you change your database access data to the new DB?

(2023-11-18, 05:39 PM)bv64 Wrote: [ -> ]https://docs.mybb.com/1.8/faq/moving-to-a-new-web-host/

you can change the prefix in inc/config.php

Did you change your database access data to the new DB?

Dont know what the db access data you meant?

I seem to cant login with the old password and now I am getting this and I have not setup email/smtp yet so no emails been received, how to login to admin or reset the password from phpmyadmin? will basic text password work instead of encrypted hash?

Your account is currently locked out after failing to login 5 times. You have been sent an email with instructions on how to unlock your account.

please read the linked doc!