Forgot password

[kapil_1234]

i used the option of password protection for unauthorised use. But now i have forget the password, and now bitcomet is not starting as it asks for password. I removed it and reinstalled it but still it asks for password. what to do??

[kluelos]

BitComet does not offer a password-protection option, or require one to start. Whatever you set that required a password must be some external program or security system. Without knowing what that is, we probably can't help you.

[greywizard]

@ kluelos: Yes, it does. On the Options-->Appearance page.

@ kapil_1234: You probably didn't perform a clean uninstall of BitComet. Look for the bitcomet.xml file, open it and delete the <BitcometLoginPassword> </BitcometLoginPassword> tags and everything in between them. It should look somewhat like this:

<BitcometLoginPassword>
33ab510912d49423f8906b6ed0acb5f90c6f759d197bc7b8d369
</BitcometLoginPassword>

Or if you find this operation too complicated just delete the whole file, but you'll lose all of your previous settings and you'll need to redo them.

[The UnUsual Suspect]

This little known or used option was added back around version 0.8x/0.9x. As mentioned it's trivial to get past and is not intended to be any kind of security feature, but it will keep random curious people out of your downloads.

[kluelos]

Huh. Never saw that before.