Mongo waiting on 27017 even after reinstall

Question

I have uninstalled and reinstalled mongo (3.0.1), being sure i accepted the network access on windows 8, and yet i still have the same issue of \"waiting on 27017\".

Answer 1

If You are windows go to your root folder C:\Program Files\mongodb\Server\4.0\bin...open cmd as a Administration open cmd then type mongo start your mongodb server.