I installed XAMPP and am trying to run through the Wordpress install (http://tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/xampp/) so I can run it through XAMPP. I open the XAMPP control panel i start Apache and MySQL (both clearly running in green) from the control panel then try to open the browser and visit "http://localhost/xampp/splash.php" but just get "Unable to connect" in Firefox 5. Now if I put in 127.0.0.1 instead of localhost I at least access the welcome page. But then when I click the myPHPAdmin link under Tools I receive the following error:
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MySQL said: Documentation
#1045 - Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES)
Connection for controluser as defined in your configuration failed.
phpMyAdmin tried to connect to the MySQL server, and the server rejected the connection. You should check the host, username and password in your configuration and make sure that they correspond to the information given by the administrator of the MySQL server.
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I changed the config.inc.php file
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = '';
to $cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = 'password'; with my pw in the quotes
I am modifying accounts/passwords and info using MySQL Workbench but can't get the error to go away. I would really appreciate any help.