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Asked: 2026-05-27T16:39:59+00:00

I’m trying to learn MySQL, so I downloaded MySQL v5.5 for windows 7 and

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I’m trying to learn MySQL, so I downloaded MySQL v5.5 for windows 7 and chose the Developer settings. I open a command prompt, enter

mysql -u root -p

and get the following: error

2003: Can’t connect to MySQL server on ‘localhost’ (10061)

How do i fix this? I type: 

sc query mysql

and get:

STATE: 1 STOPPED

I try:

 sc start mysql

and get:

[SC] StartService: OpenService FAILED 5: Access is Denied.

I also checked: Control Panel:Administrative Tools:Services

MySQL55 is started, but MySQL is stopped. MySQL is looking the MySQL Server 5.1 folder, so I’m not sure why I would need it, but when I try to start it, I get:

“Windows could not start the MySQL Service on Local Computer. Error
2: They system cannot find the file specified”.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I couldn’t call mysql from the command prompt after about 15 hours of effort, so I quit. Instead, I installed version 4.1.22. If you go to mysql main webpage, you won’t find 4.1.22 in the archive. Instead, I searched for mysql 4.1 in google. Hopefully they haven’t removed it when you try it.

    I downloaded the “Essentials Package” and chose the “typical install” option. I then went to
    Start -> MySQL … MySQL Server Instance Config Wizard and chose “Install as Windows Service” and “Include Bin Directory”. There’s a drop down box where I could choose the name, like “MySQL” or something else. It complained when I chose “MySQL”, saying that I already had an installation. I changed it, then it installed. From there, I could call “mysql” from the command line.

    If you can’t find v4.1 or want to use v5, something along the lines of:

    http://www.devside.net/guides/windows/mysql

    may work with modification, but it didn’t work after following their instructions, with the exception of using version 5.5 instead of v5.1.

    Good luck.

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