Admin Page Alert after Admin Dir name change

After I changed the configuration.php files to use the new admin folder name and changed the actually forlder name.I get the following page.

Hello. Thank you for loading Zen Cart™. You are seeing this page for one or more reasons: 1.This is your first time using Zen Cart™ and you haven't yet completed the normal Installation procedure. If this is the case for you, you will need to upload the "zc_install" folder using your FTP program, and then run zc_install/index.php via your browser (or reload this page to see a link to it). 2.Your /includes/configure.php and/or /admin/includes/configure.php file contains invalid path information and/or invalid database-connection information. If you recently edited your configure.php files for any reason, or maybe moved your site to a different folder or different server, then you'll need to review and update all your settings to the correct values for your server. See the Online FAQ and Tutorials area on the Zen Cart™ website for assistance. To begin installation ... 1.The Installation Documentation can be read by clicking here: Documentation 2.You will need to upload the "zc_install" folder using your FTP program, and then run zc_install/index.php via your browser (or reload this page to see a link to it). 3.The Online FAQ and Tutorials area on the Zen Cart™ website will also be of value if you run into difficulties.

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I have the same notification now on my Admin page (as shocker posted) following the admin directory name change and configure.php edits - BUT admin was working for several hours after these changes, and the System Setup Required page only showed up later, spontaneously.

I had followed the Admin directory change instructions to the letter, and reread them to make sure :smile:
https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=33

My new admin directory is a mix of uppercase and lowercase letters, and numbers, as instructed (although elsewhere I later read that Uppercase is not a good idea...)

Let's pretend the admin directory is now called 111aaaAAA:

The 3 changed lines in /111aaaAAA/includes/configure.php now look like:

define('DIR_WS_ADMIN', '/zencart/111aaaAAA/');
define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_ADMIN', '/zencart/111aaaAAA/');
define('DIR_FS_ADMIN', 'd:/inetpub/sites/www.lcsci.com/web/zencart/111aaaAAA/');

One more fact about the file changes process: FileZilla would not let me set permissions or edit/delete the zencart files, so I had to ask my server host to set the permissions from their end when performing these changes.

Is there any reason for the Admin to seemingly spontaneously stop working and generate that System Setup Required page?

Thank you!
~BG :smile:

lcsci:

Is there any reason for the Admin to seemingly spontaneously stop working and generate that System Setup Required page?
Spontaneously? As in triggered by no cause whatsoever? No.
But, if something gets changed, either inside that file, or in other files/folders on your site, either by you or by someone else, then that message will certainly appear, along with the reasons why it's appearing.