mysqldump: Got error: 2002: "Can't connect to MySQL server on 'x' (code)" when trying to connect

I am trying to create a back up from a server by using XAMPP (via command prompt). Unfortunately the error is: mysqldump: Got error: 2002: "Can't connect to MySQL server on 'x' (10060)" when trying to connect. I have looked a bit around on StackOverflow (mostly0, but most questions are regarding "access denied for user at (...)" or they're talking about MYSQL. I have tried finding the files that MYSQL should have (which they're discussing) and looked whether XAMPP had these as well (it did not). ***My question is:*** What could possibly be causing this error? I know the name, password and host are correct. ***How have I tried backing up the database?*** I opened Command Prompt with administrator rights. I navigated to the correct directory where mysqldump is located at. I then typed in: C:\xampp\mysql\bin>mysqldump -e -uNAME -pPWD -hHOST DATABASENAME > C:\winhostMySqlD.sql It *does* create the .sql file, but CMD crashes with the error mentioned above.