ERROR 1045, Access denied for user 'root'

[Valorborn]

Where is the config file in question located at? Also the 1045 error message says the password it is trying to use is YES, if I reset the uroot password to YES will it just work?

Respectfully,


Ephron

[Valorborn]

1) I opened the my.ini file through XAMPP and selected 'config'. I did a ctrl + F for password but none of the matches where on a line that wasn't a comment.

I stopped the sql service and closed XAMPP - no change on restart

2) I clicked on explorer in XAMPP and saw a passwords.txt file in the XAMPP install directory. Top of the file had user: root and password (blank) so I set that to my uroot password.

I stopped the sql service and closed XAMPP - no change on restart

3) I read the readme file in the SQL folder but the little I could understand from it didn't seem to be relative to a 1045 error.

4) I checked world.exe's permissions under security and gave everyone full control - no change.


I'm going to keep working at it, hopefully I'll find the answer before someone posts it. I mean, database administration isn't too different from domain administration right =P shouldn't be too hard.