# Cannot reset admin name and password on windows

**URL:** https://community.dremio.com/t/cannot-reset-admin-name-and-password-on-windows/312
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [September 24, 2017, 12:14pm UTC](https://community.dremio.com/t/cannot-reset-admin-name-and-password-on-windows/312 "2017-09-24T12:14:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![Violetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ba9def/32.png) [@Violetta](https://community.dremio.com/u/Violetta)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2017, 12:14pm UTC](https://community.dremio.com/t/cannot-reset-admin-name-and-password-on-windows/312/1 "2017-09-24T12:14:33Z")

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Hi,  
I try to reset admin password for dremio on windows.  
But It isnot able to run command: dremio-admin set password.  
I get error: The command not exist.  
Are there any other possibilities to change admin account?

Thank you,  
Violetta

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### Author: ![kelly](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.dremio.com/kelly/32/11_2.png) [@kelly](https://community.dremio.com/u/kelly)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2017, 5:06pm UTC](https://community.dremio.com/t/cannot-reset-admin-name-and-password-on-windows/312/2 "2017-09-25T17:06:20Z")

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Hi Violetta, sorry you are having this issue. Let’s see if we can get dremio-admin to work for you.

Which version of Windows are you using, and how are you entering the command?

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### Author: ![Violetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ba9def/32.png) [@Violetta](https://community.dremio.com/u/Violetta)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2017, 11:53am UTC](https://community.dremio.com/t/cannot-reset-admin-name-and-password-on-windows/312/3 "2017-09-26T11:53:19Z")

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Hallo Kelly,  
I use Windows 7 on this PC, 64 bit.  
I tried follows command from /Dremio-Home/bin :  
1)  
./dremio-admin set-password -u admin -p admin  
2)  
/dremio-admin set-password -u admin -p admin  
3)  
dremio-admin set-password -u admin -p admin

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### Author: ![kelly](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.dremio.com/kelly/32/11_2.png) [@kelly](https://community.dremio.com/u/kelly)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2017, 7:14pm UTC](https://community.dremio.com/t/cannot-reset-admin-name-and-password-on-windows/312/4 "2017-09-26T19:14:51Z")

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Hi Violetta,

Apologies, it actually isn’t possible to do this on windows right now. I think your best option if you cannot remember your admin password is a fresh install of Dremio.