From d6319034327bf82d2e522e5de1f3bb3e06df4eb3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mike Tzou Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2018 22:20:21 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] Updated I forgot my UI lock password (markdown) --- I-forgot-my-UI-lock-password.md | 13 ++++++++----- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/I-forgot-my-UI-lock-password.md b/I-forgot-my-UI-lock-password.md index 76cdcc3..89418b4 100644 --- a/I-forgot-my-UI-lock-password.md +++ b/I-forgot-my-UI-lock-password.md @@ -4,21 +4,24 @@ Don't worry, you can recover from this. 1. Exit or kill qBittorrent process. 2. Open the preference file with a text editor.
-Windows
`%APPDATA%\qBittorrent\qbittorrent.ini` = `C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\qBittorrent\qbittorrent.ini`
-Linux
`~/.config/qBittorrent/qBittorrent.conf`
-macOS
`~/.config/qBittorrent/qbittorrent.ini`
+Windows
+`%APPDATA%\qBittorrent\qbittorrent.ini` = `C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\qBittorrent\qbittorrent.ini`
+Linux
+`~/.config/qBittorrent/qBittorrent.conf`
+macOS
+`~/.config/qBittorrent/qbittorrent.ini`
3. Remove the following lines: ```ini [Locking] password= # this only appear on qBittorrent version < 4.2.0 - password_PBKDF2= # this only appear on qBittorrent version ≥ 4.2.0 + password_PBKDF2= # this only appear on qBittorrent version ≥ 4.2.0 locked=true ``` 4. Save the file -5. Start qBittorrent again +5. Start qBittorrent again ## Before qBittorrent v3.3.6 on macOS