I can't access XAMPP phpMyAdmin; it says: Error MySQL said: Documentation Cannot connect: invalid settings

Question

Full error message:

Error
MySQL said: Documentation
Cannot connect: invalid settings. 
Connection for controluser as defined in your configuration failed.
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Answer 1

I found my own answer. Steps that I followed to solve this error in XAMPP are:

1. Go to "C:\xampp\phpMyAdmin"
2. Find the file named, "config.inc.php"
3. Open this file in any text editor. (I used Sublime Text)
4. Find the lines:

/* Authentication type and info */
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'config';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] = 'root';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = '';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['extension'] = 'mysqli';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = true;
$cfg['Lang'] = '';

5. Provide your password here at the line:

   $cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = 'myPassword';

6. Restart the XAMPP services.

Your Problem will be solved

Answer 2

I found the answer in StackOverflow. In "config.inc.php" file, I changed 'config' to 'cookie'. Here is the answer quoted from StackOverflow:

Step 1:

Locate phpMyAdmin installation path.

Step 2:

Open phpMyAdmin>config.inc.php in your favourite text editor.

Step 3:

Search for $cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'config';

Replace it with $cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'cookie';