How do I change/set mysqladmin pw from command-line in Win 7?

Question

I tried to do:

mysqladmin -u root password <password>

But I got the following error:

mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed.
error: 'Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO)'

What could be causing this?

This is a new install of MySQL and I have never configured MySQLadmin, or as far as I know I have never done so.

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 12 '10 at 06:48

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I found another way to do it:

answered Oct 12 '10 at 06:48

marcamillion

Mark your question as answered if you no longer need responses to your question. – Cyntech Oct 12 '10 at 06:54
I would, but it won't allow me to for another day. When I posted this answer, it said I needed to wait 2 days. – marcamillion Oct 12 '10 at 20:47

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