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

Without editing mi.ini:

service mysql stop
mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables

on a separate ssh session:

update mysql.user set password=PASSWORD('NEW PASSWORD') where user='root';

no need to flush privileges, just restart the server