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Reset root password for MySQL on windows

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If you have problem accessing your MySQL database with this error
ERROR 1045: Access denied for user: ‘root@localhost’ (Using password: NO)

You can try reset your root password with the following steps:

1. Create a txt file with this content

UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD('newpassword') WHERE User='root';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

2. Save the file as mysql-init.txt in c:\ (or any directory you want)

3. Stop MySQL service

4. Start MySQL service in command prompt with this command line

>c:\mysql\bin\mysqld --init-file=c:\\mysql-init.txt

5. Remove the txt file in created in step 2

Note: You can/need to specify correct path for the file and mysql directory for step 2 and 4.

MySQL database auto backup on windows

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To backup mysql database (all databases) can use this batch file

Then you can compile the .bat file to become .exe file so that the password is hidden.

Download bat to exe converter from CNET download

Lastly, you can include the exe file to run in task scheduler

You can have option to upload the file via FTP to other server

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:: Start FTP files to remote server
:: Create the temporary FTP script file
> script.ftp ECHO ftpusername
>>script.ftp ECHO ftppassword
>>script.ftp ECHO lcd /
>>script.ftp ECHO lcd /MySQLBackups/backupfiles
>>script.ftp ECHO binary
>>script.ftp ECHO prompt n
>>script.ftp ECHO put FullBackup.%backupdate%.zip
>>script.ftp ECHO bye
:: Use the temporary script for unattended FTP
:: Note: depending on your OS version you may have to add a '-n' switch
FTP -v -s:script.ftp ftphostcom.com
:: Overwrite the temporary file before deleting it
TYPE NUL >script.ftp
DEL script.ftp
:: DONE FTP backup file to remote server