Re: Problem: Status check of service 'MySQL55' returned stopped

[Dan Alien]

Hi Martin,

I had the same problem. I discovered that MySQL installed my windows service name as 'MySQL55', but the Workbench is looking for a service name called 'MySQL'.

I looked everywhere in the MySQL installation, but was not able to find it. I thought that if it was in a config file, I would change it to the same as the windows service name.

I resolved by running this command to install the service again:

C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\bin>mysqld --install
Service successfully installed.

This installed a new service with a name of 'MySQL', which can then be administered from the MySQL Workbench.

I also deleted the unused window service by issuing this command:

C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\bin>sc delete MySQL55
[SC] DeleteService SUCCESS

I hope this helps.

Dan