i have this exact same problem as well. i clicked on "run MySQL Server" first then clicked on "PhpMyAdmin" and it still gives me this error. but when i try to stop the MySQL server, it says that the server was not running so that means it was never running at the start even though i clicked on "run MySQL Server"? what is going on here? is there anything else i forgot to install? because i just download uniserver 3.2 and ran it, nothing else. i really need some help to get PhpMyAdmin running, its for an assignment i have to do thanks in advance guys.