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Re: MySQL Service wont start (FIX!!!)
Posted by: Jay Alverson
Date: March 28, 2009 07:30AM

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David Zhao Wrote:
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> When you noted that you gave up on 5.0, does that
> mean this doesn't work for 5.0? When I tried
> deleting the three files, they say: Cannot delete
> for it is being used by another program.

On Windows, go to the services.msc and look for the MySQL service
and stop it. Now you should be able to delete the files.

Then you can use MYSQLD --REMOVE to get rid of the service if you're
doing a complete new install.

Then...you have to make sure after MYSQL is uninstalled that you delete
all directories associated with it, before installing another version.

5.0 creates a \data folder inside the C:\Program Files\MySQL...blah, blah blah
but
5.1 and 6.X use
"C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\MySQL" as the default.

>

Thanks, Jay

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