We'll be using MySQL 4.1.x here. Adjust the shortcut and port as necessary.

Activate the "MySQL 41 Shortcut" we created earlier and type in mysql -u

root -p then enter your password when prompted. You will then see the following output:

Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 1 to server version: 4.1.16-nt-max

  Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.

If your root account doesn't have a password on it, the above command won't work for you. You really need to get on top of security. Log in without the password:

Then set a password (changing "NewPw", of course):

update user set Password=password(' NewPw ') where

User='root';

flush privileges;