Password is not available for custom AMI

Question

Hello  
  
We had an instance with the pem file lost. Now I've generated a custom AMI from it following the guide.  
I've created a new instance  **i-0ab5bce81b25cc541** from the AMI with all configs preserved as the original instance.  
Now trying to connect to the new instance it says "Please wait at least 4 minutes after launching an instance before trying to retrieve the auto-generated password.".   
After reading many docs and answers, it seems that the solution is to login with the original password, but as I said the pem file was lost.  
Basically I get a logical conflict situation - the guide says to generate a new instance with new pem file, but use the old password for login.  
  
Thanks

Answer

Was able to resolve the problem by following the "Reset the Windows administrator password using EC2Launch" guide.  
The EC2Rescue tool password reset didn't worked for first time - there was an error 'failed to prepare scripts' but after unloading and reloading the volume for second time and other retry it did work.

Password is not available for custom AMI

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