Re: Could not start the MySQL service: Error 1067 - solution

[Kirk Samuels]

After a Windows Update the mysql service would not start, or rather would start then immediately "terminate unexpectedly".

- mysqladmin referenced two files c:\windows\my.ini and c:\my.cnf
- c:\my.cnf did not exist but there was a c:\my_cnf.bak file that contained:
[mysqld]
basedir=D:\MySQL
- I renamed c:\my_cnf.bak to my.cnf and the MySql Windows Service started. It's possible the my.cnf file was deleted during the Windows update.

Hope that helps.