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Joomla! version: 2.5
PHP version: 5.3.2
MySQL version: 5.1.44
Host: MAMP, Apache
Admin Tools version: 2.3.2 pro

There was a change of the configuration on my server (only the folders are different now, a domain name change, otherwise the same).

Now, afterwards, the site loads normal, but I cannot access the back end.
I used a master pw and a .htaccess protection by admin tools.
The (internet-) server gives me a 500, the localhost: "access denied".

I tried, as I saved the site before my provider made the changes, and tried to reinstall it locally.
The setup information above is local: MAMP on MacOS.

Here the login won't accept my password!
I did not forget it, but it won't work.
I'd like to fix the site locally then upload it and install Admin Tools there.

Of course I checked "Use folders under your new site roots" and also "Change super admin password".
I tried to erase the dot-files in the administrator folder, as is your advice in the docs, but that won't work either.

Is there a way to take Admin Tools out altogether and access the default Joomla backend?

Thanks for help.

Thanks, Nicholas, this worked!
I did not properly delete those files - instead I copied an empty text file upon them in the standard Finder -- that didn't work. Only deleting them works. Thanks! I'm in.

In the end it was very simple:

my provider told me, I can change the view-settigs of my FTP-client, did that, erased the two dot-files and - voilá - can access the admin-area again.