MySQL Workbench 5.2 CE, Windows 7, “Can't connect to MySQL Server on 127.0.0.1 (10061)”

Question

I\'ve seen this problem asked a bunch of times on here but every solution posted hasn\'t been helpful for me.

I just got the x86 install and installed MySQL Workbenc

Answer 1

I had this issue. Turns out Workbench is just a UI tool - it doesn't install MySQL - so there is nothing for it to connect to.

You need to download and install MySQL first then install Workbench.