Change root MySQL password in Windows/Plesk

This article covers how to change root mysql password in Windows/Plesk.

1.  Go to C:\\Program Files\\Parallels\\Plesk\\Databases\\MySQL\\Data\\my.ini  and add the following line at the top:

skip-grant-tables  

Note: this will let you access MySQL with no password

 

2.  Restart MySQL

 

3.  Open CMD and change to the directory C:\\Program Files\\Parallels\\Plesk\\Databases\\MySQL\\bin\\
 

4. Go into the MySQL command utility, (notice you are not using a password):

mysql -u root mysql  

 

5. Change the password using these two  commands

mysql\>  UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD(‘New_Pass_Word’) WHERE User=’root’;  

mysql\>   FLUSH PRIVILEGES;  

Note: (New_Pass_Word  is the new password you would like to use )

(if the root user doesn’t work when updating the password in Plesk try changing the user from ‘root’ to ‘admin’ in the command above)

 

6. Restart mysql

 

7. Go into Plesk and update the MySQL password to the changed

 

8. Remove the line skip-grant-tables from the my.ini file and restart mysql