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I Lost my Admin Password! How To Reset It?

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You can reset the password for the admin account if you have at least version 4.8.0 of TDS installed. Ensure you are up to date with your version of TDS before proceeding.

On the PC running TDS, you can reset the admin password by following the steps below:

  1. Open Command Prompt by typing it in the Windows search bar.
  2. In the Command Prompt window, type the following to open the proper folder: 
    cd 'C:\Program Files\Tessonics\TDS2\'
  3. Type the following command to start the process of resetting the password: 
    .\tds-server.exe change-password
  4. You will be prompted to type the new password for the admin account.
  5. After typing it twice, restart TDS and the password should be updated.

On the PC running TDS, open the Command Prompt by typing it in the search bar. Then type the following:

note

This tool can also be used to reset the password of any account on TDS. For example, to change the password of the account with username david4, add david4 to the end of the change-password command:

.\tds-server.exe change-password david4