MySQL said: Documentation #1045 - Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO)

Question

I installed xampp,but when I tried to run it I got an error as thus:

Error

MySQL said: Documentation

1045 - Access denied for user \'root\'@\'localhost

Answer 1

Try resetting your password since it seems it has changed you can reset your password by going to

C:\xampp\mysql

and clicking on the resetroot.bat file

Then change in the php config file the password back to blank and you should have access again