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Hello, I bought and installed AAT pro and started the Wizard Set Up. Next I am asked to fill in my username and password. Reaction: unauthorized. So I am unable to log in the backend. I checked the username and the password in my public_html folder and they are correct. What to do to access the backend again? Kind regards, Walter#43107 Not able to log in while running the Akeeba Admin Tools Pro setup wizzard
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Environment Information
Joomla! version
6.1
PHP version
8.3
Admin Tools version
Pro 7.8.9.
Latest post by nicholas on Wednesday, 01 July 2026 11:01 CDT
Wednesday, 01 July 2026 10:30 CDT
Wouter Turkenburg
Wednesday, 01 July 2026 11:01 CDT
nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
Based on the wording of the error you are receiving, you are very likely asked by your browser for a different username and password, the one you set up for the Administrator Password Protection feature.
If you are not sure what that is or don't remember it, delete the administrator/.htaccess and administrator/.htpasswd files.
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