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Asked: 2026-05-29T23:36:29+00:00

Following the recommended instructions for resetting root at link and the other recommendations here

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Following the recommended instructions for resetting root at link and the other recommendations here at stackoverflow. I tried to reset my root pass both ways suggested, with and without the –defaults-file option

First I tried.

"C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\bin\mysqld"  –init-file=C:\\mysql-init.txt --console

Error:

C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\bin\mysqld: Too many arguments (first extra is ‘ûinit-file=C:\mysql-init.txt’).

Next I tried

"C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\bin\mysqld" --defaults-file="C:\\ProgramData\\MySQL\\MySQL Server 5.5\\my.ini" MySQL55 –init-file=C:\\mysql-init.txt --console

Error:

C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\bin\mysqld: Too many arguments (first ex
tra is ‘MySQL55’).

‘Too many arguments’ makes me think my syntax is the problem

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  1. Editorial Team

    Look at your command lines again and manually delete the LONG HYPHENS. Then type the hyphens in again manually.

    "C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\bin\mysqld" –init-file=C:\mysql-init.txt --console

    should be

    "C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\bin\mysqld" --init-file=C:\mysql-init.txt --console

    (notice the hyphens before init-file)

    Refer to mysqld options

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