[Solved] ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can’t connect to MySQL server on ‘localhost’ (10061)

Some time on Windows Operating System we see an error: ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can’t connect to MySQL server on ‘localhost’ (10061)

You may have something similar error as below screenshot:

The issue behind the “ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can’t connect to MySQL server on ‘localhost’ (10061)” error is the Windows Operating System MySQL service is not started.

You can start the service by simply following below steps:

#Step 1: Install MySQL with the command mysqld –install Step 1: Install MySQL with the command mysqld –install

You need to execute the below command:

mysqld --install

Open CMD/Command Prompt and execute the command as below:

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#Step 2: Initialize MySQL with mysqld –initialize Step 2: Initialize MySQL with mysqld –initialize

Keep open the terminal and execute the below command:

mysqld --initialize

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#Step 3: Start the MySQL Service in Windows Operating System Step 3: Start the MySQL Service in Windows Operating System

• Press CTRL + R, or Goto start and type “Run“.
• And type the services.msc as below screenshot:

You will see the Services screen.

Now, Search for MySQL.

You’ll see something like below screenshot:

Now, At the left, you can see the Start the service.

Click on Start.

You can see after that something like below:

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#Done! MySQL will works Done! MySQL will works

To confirm that MySQL is working as expected. Execute the below command:

mysql --version