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Change or disable startup password

You can change your Contribute startup password as often as you like. Before you can change the startup password, you must first successfully enter the current Contribute startup password and start Contribute.

If the Require Password At Startup option is selected in the Contribute Preference dialog box, you must enter the correct password to start Contribute and edit website pages. If you forget or don’t know the Contribute startup password, you can’t use Contribute to edit pages unless you disable the Contribute startup password requirement. Before you can change the startup password requirement, you must remove all your existing website connections.