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Forgot my MySql 5.1 Root Password

Asked by MWatkins84 in MySQL Server, PHP and Databases

Tags: Lost Forgot Password Root MySQL

Hi,

This was all supposed to be so simple...

I downloaded MySql 5.1, installed it very late at night, must have typed my normal password in wrong and now cant get in, struggled a lot, installed WAMP... to see if I could have a practise there and sort out the individual later...

I just want to delete everything and start from scratch, but I always get the error message because I dont have the password...

There are instructions on MySql website, I followed them, but no joy... this is what i get in the cmd prompt in trying to get reset the root password... can anyone see where I am going wrong...

(My database doesnt have anything in it, I am happy to delete or reset the database, just want to get started working with it... AHHHH.... Cheers

I am using Windows Vista

Microsoft Windows [versão 6.0.6001]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. Todos os direitos reservados.

C:\Users\Marky>"C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\bin\mysqld" --defaults-f
ile="C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\my.ini"--init-file=C:\Users\Marky\D
ocuments\mysql-init.txt
Could not open required defaults file: C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\m
y.ini--init-file=C:\Users\Marky\Documents\mysql-init.txt
Fatal error in defaults handling. Program aborted
090816  4:39:30 [Warning] Can't create test file C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Se
rver 5.1\data\Usuario-PC.lower-test
090816  4:39:30 [Warning] Can't create test file C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Se
rver 5.1\data\Usuario-PC.lower-test
C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\bin\mysqld: Can't change dir to 'C:\Prog
ram Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\data\' (Errcode: 2)
090816  4:39:30 [ERROR] Aborting

090816  4:39:30 [Note] C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\bin\mysqld: Shutd
own complete



C:\Users\Marky>"C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\bin\mysqld.exe" --defaul
ts-file="C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\my.ini"--init-file=C:\Users\Mar
ky\Documents\mysql-init.txt
Could not open required defaults file: C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\m
y.ini--init-file=C:\Users\Marky\Documents\mysql-init.txt
Fatal error in defaults handling. Program aborted
090816  4:51:18 [Warning] Can't create test file C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Se
rver 5.1\data\Usuario-PC.lower-test
090816  4:51:18 [Warning] Can't create test file C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Se
rver 5.1\data\Usuario-PC.lower-test
C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\bin\mysqld.exe: Can't change dir to 'C:\
Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\data\' (Errcode: 2)
090816  4:51:18 [ERROR] Aborting


Many thanks

Mark
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