I have no idea if this is in the right area of the forums. If not I appologize and Will track down an admin to move it.
Okay so I'm running Windows 7 64bit. I have the Microsoft WebMatrix platform installed. I'm trying to set up a new WordPress site locally for testing and expiramentation. Apparently I did this sometime previously and have forgotten the password and login information for the database. So I did some research online and came up with a possible solution from Microsoft:
- Delete the reg key that is storing the password (hashed) and try the install again
- Delete the mysql_pwd or sql_pwd key stored at HKCU\Software\Microsoft\WebPlatformInstaller
Okay so I open up regedit and go to navigate to that directory only to find that I don't have it. All of my directories begin with HKEY. So I tried just going to the same directory but with HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE as the root.
So, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE check.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT check
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WebPlatformInstaller\ check
But there's no entry for mysql_pwd or sql_pwd in that directory.
So... what else can I try?