MYSQL error: 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost'

Question

When I try to connect to the sql server and enter the following in command prompt:

shell> mysql --user=username--password=password db_name

Answer 1

On Windows -

1. Search for services
2. Stop the service named MySQL[#] (in my case it was MySQL80).
3. Start the service again.

4. Open Command Prompt and type:

   mysql [database name] -u [user name] -p

It worked for me when no other solutions worked. Hope this solves your issue as well.