Can't connect to MySQL server on '127.0.0.1' (10061) (2003)

Question

I know this question was asked a lot before but I tried some of the solutions which were given and nothing worked..

I have downloaded MySQL Workbench 6.1 on

Answer 1

(Windows) If you have already installed MySQL server

cd C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server X.X\bin mysqld --install

and still cannot connect, then the service did not start automatically. Just try

Start > Search "services"

and scroll down until you see "MySQLXX", where the XX represents the MySQL Server version. If the Status isn't "Started", then

Right Click > Start

If you are here you should be golden: