Re: MySQL Error Number 1045 Access denied

[Magick Childe]

Wrote:
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> Have you ever try to set a password fro root? If
> not, you use this command at command line from
> mysql\bin directory
> C:\mysql\bin\mysqladmin -u root password
> your_password
> then try to connect again. hope it works

Tried it, and here is what I got:
C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5\bin>mysqladmin - u root password mypassword
mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error: 'Access denied for user 'ODBC'@'localhost' (using password: NO)'

Does anyone have a solution that actually works?