Unable to connect to localhost

[MikeSimpson]

I am brand new to working with MySQL. I've installed dbForge Studio Express for MySQL on a Windows 7 Ultimate system. When I click on localhost in the database explorer pane, I get the following error message:

Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061):
No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it 127.0.0.1:3306

I'm unsure how to fix this. Any and all suggestions are gratefully appreciated.

[alexa]

Please check that you have specified a port correctly port.

You can check this with the following command:

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telnet 127.0.0.1 3306

Also, in case you using Windows 7, please make sure Telnet is included. If Telnet Client is not included, you can add it in 'Add/remove windows components'.