Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password :YES) joomla install on windows 7 with web platform installer

mysql joomla mysql-error-1045
msheshtawy picture msheshtawy · Aug 2, 2010 · Viewed 15.6k times · Source

I was trying to install Joomla on my machine .. so i ran the microsoft web platform and choose joomla Mysql and other tools went well .. BUT joomla it self isn't installed giving the following error :

This product did not install successfully: the database 'my_site_db' could not be created Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password :YES)

It asked me to enter a password for Joomla and the database in the last step of installation. I think i had MySQL already installed.

UPDATE : I downloaded Joomla from the website and worked on it using XAMPP and the installed version from Joomla's website.

Answer

Mchl picture Mchl · Aug 2, 2010

You obviously have MySQL installed, because this message comes from MySQL server. Make sure that the password you provided is the password for MySQL's root user.

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