Cannot recover password with Xampp

[kaye10]

Hello all. I have a website and im using Joomla. Now i cant work in the administrator back end cos i lost the password. I tried recovering it by using Xampp and entering my adminPhp. Problem is that when i see "database" on the left, my website database is nowhere to be found. No drop box, nothing. How can I recover/change my password if I cannot get into it? Please help.

[nandemonai]

I haven't used Joomla for a while but doesn't it has a password recovery email function?

Failing that, do you have phpmyadmin installed? Using that would probably be your best bet.

I've no experience with current implementations of XAMPP

[kaye10]

Hey whatsup..im almost clueless with the adminphp..i do know that i can access adminphp through my MYSQL with my host..ist hat where i change it?

I haven't used Joomla for a while but doesn't it has a password recovery email function?

Failing that, do you have phpmyadmin installed? Using that would probably be your best bet.

I've no experience with current implementations of XAMPP

[nandemonai]

It's an old post but should still be relevant:

http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?t=10985