Error Dropping Database (Can't rmdir '.test\', errno: 17)

Question

Basically, I was taught on how to create a root password using the \"mysqladmin -u root -p password\" command, this was done all through the windows command editor. Now, the

Answer 1

I my case the problem was a residual dump file in the database directory. That file was probably generated during a backup script test I had been working on. Once I manually deleted the file I could then drop the database.