This article shows you how to set, change, and recover secure passwords for your MySQL root account, so you'll never be at a loss.

How to change phpMyAdmin password on XAMPP To change the phpMyAdmin password on XAMPP, you first need to launch the XAMPP Control Panel. Once it opens, click on the Admin button for MySQL.

But the password of the "root" user on the old-server does not work on the new server. <BR><BR>I lost my superuser access to MySQL!