If your other super admins are working fine. Then your super admin account may have been messed up by you deleting directly from the database.

No, my other superadmins are exhibiting the same issue. I was mistaken the first time. Here's what I wrote in my previous post explaining:

And this happens for any superadmins. In my previous test, I must have been logged in the frontend with the new superadmin I had created and that's why it was working in the backend.

The hwdvideoshare developer confirmed he uses some frontend code in the backend:

...the anti-leech system generates the video file URL through the frontend

Here's the thread: Error in backend: Video Not Found.

By knowing this, the only questions that needs to be answered are:
1. Is it "expected" that a superadmin needs to be logged in into the frontend in order for a component (using some frontend code in the backend) to work correctly?

2. When a superadmin is NOT logged in into the frontend, is it expected that the registration page appears embedded in the backend upon trying to execute some actions (that use frontend code in the backend)?

3. Is it possible that CBSubs might be blocking some functionality that gets done automatically (this is, scheduled by the component itself) from time to time?

Would you mind replying the above 3 questions? If the first 2 are expected then there's no need to do reinstall as I will find the very same issues. If they are Not expected, then I'll be happy to perform a re-install to get to the bottom of the issue.

Thanks krileon!

Carlos

Ok. Looks like what I'm seeing is "expected" then. I think it would be helpful to add some documentation about this behavior in the user manual or tooltips or somewhere. Something like:
"WARNING: When a component uses frontend code to perform some of its backend operations (not common and not recommended), you will need to login into the frontend in order to be able to perform those operations in the backend. Otherwise the operation might fail or you might even see the registration page embedded in the backend asking you to register and subscribe whenever you try performing one of those operations".

After all, I don't think it'll be useful for me to perform a full clean installation. If you think this will still be useful and would help find anything about CBSubs that should be fixed, please let me know.

3. No, CBSubs is just doing its job, see number 2.

What I meant is that if a task, such as re-generating playlists, is performed automatically (this is, NOT when anyone is necessarily logged in, but somehow the task is scheduled to be executed in regular periods such as every 5 hours) AND this task is using front-end code, would CBSubs block it from executing?

Thanks,

Carlos