MongoDB on a Windows 7 machine: No connection could be made

Question

After I have started Mongo using mongod.exe on a Windows 7 machine, I tried to start the mongo shell that failed with the error:

Failed to connect to

Answer 1

I am not sure if there is a better way to run it. For me, I use these settings to create a directory and to a determinate new path for the MongoDB. The important thing for me is that I miss to run it as a server (mongod) and after that into another terminal I type mongo which provide me an option to use the database. I hope this could help someone.