All pages inc wp-admin 500 ISError after .htaccess modified

I stupidly deleted the W3 Total Cache block from .htaccess before disabling the plugin which causes all pages to return 500 server error including wp-admin.

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In this case, WordPress caught an error with one of your plugins, W3 Total Cache.

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WordPress version 6.1.1
Active theme: Twenty Seventeen (version 3.1)
Current plugin: W3 Total Cache (version 2.3.0)
PHP version 7.4.33

Error Details

An error of type E_ERROR was caused in line 83 of the file /var/www/html/smtpauthenticator/wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Root_Environment.php. Error message: Uncaught W3TC\Util_Environment_Exceptions in /var/www/html/smtpauthenticator/wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Root_Environment.php:83
Stack trace:

0 /var/www/html/smtpauthenticator/wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Util_Activation.php(205): W3TC\Root_Environment->fix_after_deactivation()

1 /var/www/html/smtpauthenticator/wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/Generic_Plugin_Admin.php(178): W3TC\Util_Activation::deactivate_plugin()

2 /var/www/html/smtpauthenticator/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(308): W3TC\Generic_Plugin_Admin->admin_init()

3 /var/www/html/smtpauthenticator/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(332): WP_Hook->apply_filters()

4 /var/www/html/smtpauthenticator/wp-includes/plugin.php(517): WP_Hook->do_action()

5 /var/www/html/smtpauthenticator/wp-admin/admin.php(175): do_action()

6 /var/www/html/smtpauthenticator/wp-admin/plugins.php(10): require_once(‘/var/www/html/s…’)

7 {main}

thrown


Sorry for the inconvenience – I was careless. ??

Kind Regards

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