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  • Resolved the-schwa

    (@the-schwa)


    I just uploaded WP to my GoDaddy Windows hosting account.

    After several hours of 5-minute installing, and then troubleshooting, I was able to get set up!

    I didn’t write down the crazy password, since I figured I was going to change it to something better anyway. Dashed off a quick first blog, no problem.

    So then I had to close IE due to some glitch or the other.

    When I got back to WP, I needed to log in again. Of course, I don’t know my crazy password.

    So I click “Forgot password” and enter my email…. and I get this error:

    The e-mail could not be sent.
    Possible reason: your host may have disabled the mail() function…

    So now what? I can’t send myself my password, and I can’t log on to see why mail is disabled…

    Am I dead in the water and need to reinstall?

    Thanks!

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  • Thread Starter the-schwa

    (@the-schwa)

    OK…. so emergency.php EVENTUALLY worked for me….

    I did have to change the pointer in line 18 to reflect that wp-blog-header.php was in a subdirectory….

    But now I’m back in!

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