Trouble with MySQL error

Hello,

I haven't used MySQL for while and I am trying to use it again for my project. I already have
my user name and password set up from previous usage. When I type the following:

shell> mysql -u my_username -h localhost -p
Enter password: mypassword

the following error appears

Error 1045: Access denied for user my_username@localhost (Using password: YES)

How can I fix this problem? I also want to know where I can find my.ini or my.cnf file. Thank you in advance.
Cheers.

Young

P.S: I almost forgot, my OS is Windows XP professional and the version of MySQL is 4.0.20a

You might want to try taking the spaces out between -u and -h
I've had similar things happen before.
mysql -uusername -hlocalhost -p (you can ommit -h if its localhost)

You could even try omitting everything and simply calling mysql.exe
Some people forget to apply passwords to root@localhost, and some people leave the noname/nopassword account active...

Otherwise, perhaps reinstalling MySQL is a solution?

my.ini and my.cnf could be in your Windows directory...

Again, all this depends on how you originally set mysql up.

Hello,

Sorry for replying so late, I just read the message now. Thank you very much for your help again.
It happens to be that when I type in the root (the default user name) along with -h localhost -u root -p, then
everything perfectly works. Could it be that when I first set up MySQL I might not have set up my username? Anyhow,
I will look further into this. Read more documents, and ask questions. Anyhow, thank you very much and merry Christmas.


Young