How to remove vbSEO without control panel access?

[TheLastSuperman]

Originally Posted by kevinh

Many thanks TheLastSuperman

I can access Admincp, but I can't get into the vbSEO Control Panel to turn vbSEO off. When I click on the vbSEO Control Panel, it just loads the forum home page.

I have disabled hooks and that didn't make any difference.

I tried renaming .htaccess, but then the site won't come up at all.

Any other ideas before I start trying database edits?

Okay so try:
- Leave .htaccess alone, if it was renamed then rename it back to original name .htaccess.
- Disable hooks via the code you add to config.php.
- Login to admincp.
- Disable vBSEO. (DO NOT UNINSTALL if you're even considering going to DBSEO, if you uninstall all your old url hierarchy and other settings will be lost).
- Change Friendly URLs setting via: Admincp > Settings > Options > Friendly URLs > *Set this to "Standard URLs" and save.

Now check the site, does it load without issue?

*If you cannot get into admincp at all, use the article I linked to above to reset admincp access i.e. disable hooks via config.php code AND disable all hooks per the sql query provided by Steve M. - that should give you access to admincp again. If anything perhaps your admin rights were revoked or changed... it's a possibility so check the user table, find your username by name or id and see if your usergroup id is set to 6 or not.