Help with the config file

Hi!
I want to try WebIssues in my pc using XAMPP (wich is supposed to use mysql and apache). I've created a new database called "basededatos" with phpMyAdmin, and the database is located in C:\xampp\mysql\data\basededatos.I have configured db_host as "localhost" and wether I write "basededatos" or the full path (the one I mentioned before), I get the "ERROR: Could not connect to the database server." message when trying to use the setup.php. Any advice, please?
Thank you.