[HamletEagle]

I feel like this would not qualify as bumping. Bumping is posting a meaningless reply just to get more visibility for your topic. Adding relevant information(that may help others help you) is not bumping. Saying that the issue is not resolved 5 years later and you still need help is reasonable.

The purpose of this forum is to help people. The rules are there to prevent chaos, but in this case they prevent a user from asking a genuine question. I believe the primary mission of the forum is more important and the rules need to be applied in such a way that they do not interfere with it.

There is clearly an oversight because a different person could post in your 5 years old topic and not break any rules. But since it is your topic, you can't which is silly in my humble opinion.