Windows 10: Unable to connect to localhost MySQL workbench

Discus and support Unable to connect to localhost MySQL workbench in Windows 10 News to solve the problem; [ATTACH]MySQL Workbench may sometimes fail to connect to a MySQL Server running on your Windows PC. You may see errors such as Unable to connect to... Discussion in 'Windows 10 News' started by WinClub, Sep 11, 2026 at 9:47 AM.

  1. WinClub New Member

    Unable to connect to localhost MySQL workbench


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    MySQL Workbench may sometimes fail to connect to a MySQL Server running on your Windows PC. You may see errors such as Unable to connect to localhost, Can’t connect to MySQL server on ‘localhost’, or Error 10061: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. In this post, we will see […]

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  2. neubert Win User

    mysql workbench 6.3 hangs on queries on percona mysql 5.6

    So I have three computers:

    1. Windows 10 with MySQL Workbench 6.0
    2. Windows 7 with MySQL Workbench 6.3
    3. Windows 10 with MySQL Workbench 6.3

    I also have three MySQL servers.

    1. version=5.5.35-33.0, version_comment=Percona Server (GPL), Release 33.0
    2. version=5.1.73-0ubuntu0.10.04.1-log, version_comment=(Ubuntu)
    3. version=5.6.27-76.0, version_comment=Percona Server (GPL), Release 76.0, Revision 5498987

    Computer # 1 can connect to all three servers and run queries without a problem. Computer # 2 and # 3, however, hang when I do SELECT * FROM table_name LIMIT 2000 on server # 3. Like on servers # 1 and # 2 the duration / fetch column gets updated pretty quickly. It goes from ? / ? to (for example) 0.078 sec / ? and then to 0.078 sec / 1.029 sec. But on server # 3 it just stays at ? / ?. And clicking on the Stop icon doesn't stop it either - it just causes the spinning mouse cursor icon to appear and then I have to force kill Workbench, which is rather annoying.

    The thing both computers # 2 and # 3 have in common is that they're running MySQL Workbench 6.3.

    In Edit -> Preferences -> SQL Editor -> SQL Execution -> SELECT Query Results I have the "Limit Rows" checkbox disabled.

    Any ideas? Should I just try to find and download and older version of MySQL Workbench?
     
  3. In mysql workbench cannot connect to database server

    I have deleted the mysql.infoschema@localhost in mysql workbench's users and privileges option, so I am getting the following error:

    Unable to connect to localhost MySQL workbench [​IMG]

    Please help me clear this.
     
    Selvi Saravanan, Sep 11, 2026 at 9:49 AM
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  4. Akumos Win User

    Unable to connect to localhost MySQL workbench

    phpMyAdmin and mySQL Connection

    Hi All

    I have a mySQL DB and have edited it using phpMyAdmin and woul dnow like to access it on my website... Is this the right connection code?

    Code: $connection = mysql_connect('localhost', 'admin', 'password') or exit('Could not connect (' . mysql_errno() . '): ' . mysql_error());[/quote] Is there a way to export this code from phpMyAdmin control panel?

    Thanks
     
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