Problem stopping/starting MySQL Workbench

user676567 picture user676567 · Jun 28, 2011 · Viewed 15.6k times · Source

I've installed the MySQL workbench version 5.2.34 and having problems creating a local connection. I'm getting an error saying "Can't Connect to MySQL Server on 127.0.0.1'(10061)" when i try connecting to Localhost on Port 3306. I tried restarting the service but i don't have the option to stop/start/pause or resume using Windows 7. The status is just set to "starting". I also tried "net stop mysql" from the command line in DOS but get the following error: "The service is starting or stopping. Please try again later"

Does anyone know if this is another bug in the Workbench or is there a quick solution to get around this?

Thanks in advance,

O.

Answer

a1ex07 picture a1ex07 · Jun 28, 2011

You can restart mysql from services. Also, check error log (by default, on Windows 7 machine it's under ...ProgramData\MySQL\MySQL Server [version]\data