title: MySql Error ERROR 2003 (HY000): Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061)
body: <p>I'm following <a href="http://www.vogella.com/tutorials/MySQL/article.html" rel="nofollow">Vogella's tutorial on MySQL</a> and I'm hitting a brick wall when I try to imitate the example. I've installed MySQL, and as he instructs I run it from the command line. When I do so, I get this error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Workbench CE 6.0.9&gt;mysql -u root -p
  Enter password: ******
  ERROR 2003 (HY000): Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061)
  
  C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Workbench CE 6.0.9&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Does anyone know why?</p>