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This could be a Rookie problem , but it seems that i am not able to solve it.

I have MySQL server installed on my windows machine(MySQL 5.5) under the Admin username root. Some How i lost the password of MySQL and want to change it , i m going through this link in order to solve it. under c:> mysql-init.txt is :

UPDATE MySQL.user SET Password=PASSWORD('root') WHERE User='root';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

and on command line 

C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\bin\mysqld --init-file=C:\\mysql-init.txt

it give an message like 'c:\program' is not recognized as internal or external command.

So basically i am stuck at point 6 of MySQL documentation. any help ??

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Put the path in double quotes "....

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That's the problem with spaces in directory names. Anytime you want to work with them from the command line, it's a pain. – BryceAtNetwork23 Apr 25 '12 at 12:55
"C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\bin\mysqld" --init-file=C:\\mysql-init.txt. this works for me .... thanks – vibhor Apr 25 '12 at 12:57

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