WAMP - Reset Root password on mysql - Super User
superuser.com › questions › 722453Feb 28, 2014 · 1. This answer is not useful. Show activity on this post. It seems that windows is not reading the HOSTS file properly, as a result only 127.0.0.1 is accepted NOT localhost. To work around this: Go to your wamp\apps\phpmyadmin.versionnumber\. Open config.inc.php. Change the localhost to 127.0.0.1. Save and restart all services.