I find myself locked out of my old stack

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FireWorx
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I find myself locked out of my old stack

Post by FireWorx » Wed Dec 17, 2014 8:45 pm

Hi,
I originally built this stack in LC 2.8. I locked the stack and have a pull down menu to enter password to unlock it. Now that I am opening it in later versions of LC 5.5 and up it is no longer accepting the password that is contained in a hidden field in the stack. When the stack opens indeed it is locked and the script editor also asks for a password in order to edit. I am speculating that back then the password may have been passed in clear text and now it is encrypted? Any advise?
Dave

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Re: I find myself locked out of my old stack

Post by jacque » Wed Dec 17, 2014 9:02 pm

Yes, passwords changed somewhere in the 6.x versions. Download a copy of 5.5 or any earlier version of LC and open the stack. When you can enter the password successfully, set the password to empty to completely remove it and then save the stack.

You should be able to open it in a later version now, where you can reset the password again. Note that you won't be able to go back to using a pre-6.x version with that stack again.
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