Resetting ROOT password in MySQL 5.6

Question

I have been following these instructions for resetting root password for local installation of MySQL 5.6 on Windows 7 laptop.

I stopped

Answer 1

For MySQL 5.6 on Windows I had to run this statement to make it work.

UPDATE mysql.user
SET Password=PASSWORD('NEW PASSWORD'), 
authentication_String=PASSWORD('NEW PASSWORD')
WHERE User='root';