Can't Access Phpmyadmin After Installing Wamp (1 reply)

I can't log into myphpadmin
(sorry for the long post but I decided to include all the steps that I already took to speed things up.

I installed Wamp a few days ago and the icon was
orange with only two out of three services running. But after uninstalling Wamp,
installing all the files mentioned when installing Wamp and then doing a fresh install the
Wamp icon turned green.

Now I can't log into phpmyadmin.
As username I used 'root' and I left the password blank.
After reading up on the internet
about other people with the same problem I did the following steps.

I added lines in the config.inc file, see number 1. and 2.

1. I added these lines:
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowRoot'] = TRUE;
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPasswordRoot'] = TRUE;
(it didn't work so I removed these lines)

2. I then added these lines:
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] = 'root';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = 'YOUR_Password'; (I put 12345 in as a password)
(it also didn't work so I removed these lines as well)

3. I removed the # sign that was in front of the ::1 line in the hosts file and
saved the file as an administrator. I've flushed the DNS.
::1 localhost
27.0.0.1 localhost
(I'm keeping this setting, it seems that it is needed)

4. I tested port 80 and 3306 by right clicking on the wamp icon and selecting tools
the ports are fine and is being used by Wamp.


I am now at wits end, can you please assist me as I have tried everything that I could
find on the internet yesterday and today without any luck.

Thanks in advance.

Windows 8.1 pro
WampServer Version 3.1.0 (64bit)
Apache 2.4.27 - PHP 5.6.31
MySQL 5.7.19