phpMyAdmin is throwing a #2002 cannot log in to the mysql server phpmyadmin

Question

I have installed MySQL server enterprise 5.1 on my local machine and now I want to install phpMyAdmin, but it does not work.

I have unrared phpMyAdmin to my server r

Answer 1

I had an issue with the path of the MySQL service in the Windows 7 registry which was not changed with the new installed XAMPP or newer easyPHP version.

So if anybody has the same problem (#2002 error, phpMyAdmin cannot be started) you can search into the win regedit for 'my.ini' and exchange the path to the new package.

For example I exchanged on a few places the older path:

C:\EASYPH~1.1VC\binaries\mysql\bin\eds-mysqld.exe --defaults-file=C:\EASYPH~1.1VC\binaries\mysql\my.ini MySQL

with the newer one:

c:\xampp\mysql\bin\mysqld.exe --defaults-file=c:\xampp\mysql\bin\my.ini mysql

It is strange that nobody described this issue before on the web!