#1045 - Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES)

Question

This might seem redundant but I was unable to find a correct solution.

I was unable to login to mysql using the mysql console.It is asking for a password and I have

Answer 1

After I updated my MySql, I was getting the same error message. It turned out that after installing a different version on MySql, inside the my.ini, the port was different. Previous MySql version had port 3306 but the new one have port 3308. Check your MySql my.ini, if it is different use the port from .ini in your connection.