PHPMyAdmin: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it (1 reply)

NOTE: I was unable to find clear instructions in English on how to ensure this is posted on the WampServer English forum. Something appears to have changed about the forum interface.

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I'm using **WAMPServer 3.1.7** on Windows 10 Home 64-Bit. It has been running fine on my system for 4 years. All of a sudden, about a month ago, PhpMyAdmin stopped working.

- WAMPServer is running and I can access localhost start page
- Taskbar icon is GREEN
- I can login and interact with MySQL via CLI (Command line)

## ERROR:

I can't login to PhpMyAdmin, but the error doesn't seem to be related to passwords or username credentials. At the top is this error

>#2002 - No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. — The server is not responding (or the local server's socket is not correctly configured).

At the bottom is this error:

>mysqli_real_connect(): (HY000/2002): No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.

Again, it is **IMPORTANT** to note that this _only started about a month ago_. Before that everything worked fine.


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PS: I posted about this on Stack Overflow, but it looks like I've hit a dead-end on suggestions for a solution, so I'm trying this forum, since you guys should know more of the "weird bits".

Any help is appreciated.