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MySQL on Vista server failed to start

Why is installing MySQL on Windows Vista such a bear? For someone who is not
a professional database administrator, it seems like I am jumping through hoops.

This page
http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?11,200958,204223#REPLY
pointed to this page
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/blog...ows-vista.aspx
which suggests this page
http://port25.technet.com/archive/20...n-install.aspx
which points to this beautiful pdf file
http://port25.technet.com/videos/res...QL_Windows.pdf
Ah, now I am getting somewhere.

It suggested I turn off the User Account Control (UAC). Which I did.

But after following these steps
There was an error at the end of the installation that said that the server failed to start.
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h2...ono/help-1.jpg

Where do I go to find answers?

Re: MySQL on Vista server failed to start

I had a similar problem, try right clicking on the .exe icon and then 'run as administrator'.

Let me know if that helps.

Re: MySQL on Vista server failed to start

The problem is in doing a clean uninstall.
I ran Revo Uninstaller and it worked.