installing wordpress with WampServer

Hoping someone can help with this issue, thanks for taking a look anyway:

I have WampServer loaded and successfully running Joomla. Joomla files sit in the www folder.

Created a new database for wordpress (called “wordpress”). Placed the wordpress files in a sub folder called “wordpress” withing the www folder.

changed the wp_config:
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// ** MySQL settings ** //
define('DB_NAME', 'wordpress');    // The name of the database
define('DB_USER', 'root');     // Your MySQL username
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'test'); // ...and password
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');    // 99% chance you won't need to change this value
define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8');
define('DB_COLLATE', '');

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try to load it to local host on my browser:
https://localhost/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php

I get an error:

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Error establishing a database connection

This either means that the username and password information in your wp-config.php file is incorrect or we can’t contact the database server at localhost. This could mean your host’s database server is down.

* Are you sure you have the correct username and password?
* Are you sure that you have typed the correct hostname?
* Are you sure that the database server is running?
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Any ideas?

Best,

Wolfy