Resetting the Root Password on Windows

[Daniel Stolzberg]

Hello,

I am trying to reset my root password (because I forgot it!). I have followed the instructions in the manual for this (http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/resetting-permissions.html) but I keep getting the following error:


C:\>"C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\bin\mysqld.exe" --defaults-file="C:
\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\my.ini" --init-file=C:\mysql-init.txt --co
nsole
090303 2:17:06 InnoDB: Started; log sequence number 0 46409
090303 2:17:06 [ERROR] C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\bin\mysqld.exe:
File 'C:\mysql-init.txt' not found (Errcode: 2)
090303 2:17:06 [ERROR] Aborting

090303 2:17:06 InnoDB: Starting shutdown...
090303 2:17:08 InnoDB: Shutdown completed; log sequence number 0 46409
090303 2:17:08 [Warning] Forcing shutdown of 1 plugins
090303 2:17:08 [Note] C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\bin\mysqld.exe: S
hutdown complete

The MySQL service was stopped before running this command. I can assure you that there is a file 'C:\mysql-init.txt' with the text described in the manual. Any idea what's going on?!

Thanks in advance.

-Dan