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Re: Mysql Administrator error "Could not find settings"
Posted by: Peter Sjoroos
Date: June 04, 2008 05:33AM

Im on a slightly different setup and cannot get this to work.

My System:
Windows XP SP3
XAMPP for Windows Version 1.6.6a
With: PHP Version 5.2.5
MySQL version: 5.0.51a
Apache 2.2.8

XAMPP is installed in D:\Xampp
MySQL & Apache is started from the XAMPP 'Control Panel', meaning none
of them is started as a 'Service'.

The my.ini files is in XAMPP named my.cnf and the one im using contains:

[mysqld]
port= 3306
socket= "/xampp/mysql/mysql.sock"
basedir="/xampp/mysql"
tmpdir="/xampp/tmp"
datadir="/xampp/mysql/data"
Plus a little more...

There is NOT a registry entry for the service (as services are not used)

When i start up MySQL Administrator i get the earlier mentioned error message:
'Either the server service or the configuration file could not be found'
'Startup variables and service sections are therefor disabled'

In the GUI everything is 'greyed-out'
MySQL & Apache is fully functional, so nothing wrong there.

Any hints where to look, when my.ini or registry problem is NOT the issue?
Im confused! Does the GUI look for my.ini 'explicit'? Is it mandatory to have?
Or is it mandatory for SQL to run as service? Thankful for any advice.

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