MySQL Bugs: #18902: MySQL service cannot start

Bug #18902	MySQL service cannot start
Submitted:	8 Apr 2006 8:21	Modified:	6 May 2006 5:08
Reporter:	Herry Yulianto	Email Updates:
Status:	Closed	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Server	Severity:	S1 (Critical)
Version:	MySQL 5	OS:	Windows (Windows XP Professional)
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
Hi dears,
I've a problem with MySQL service that couldn't start. The Message is "Could not start the Service MySQL. Error 0". I hope you can help me to solve this problem and can send email to heryul@yahoo.com.
Thanks very much.

How to repeat:
send answer by email to heryul@yahoo.com

The message was

Attachment: Error_StartService_MySQL.JPG (image/pjpeg, text), 27.16 KiB.

Thank you for a problem report. Do you have any Service packs, firewall, antivirus software, previous version of MySQL server installed? Did you install MySQL server as local Adminsitrator? 

Exact version, 5.0.x, may be also useful.

It's seems to be a password error, try to:
-> uninstall -> delete "install path" and "MySQL Datafiles" directories,
then reinstall and retry, don't forget your password

Observed same bug installing 5.0.20a on XP Pro/SP2. Unable to start MySQL5 as a service on XP. Same error screen.

Thanks so much friends, maxime bonillo has right that I need to delete "install path" and "MySQL Datafiles" directories then reinstall. Now I can run MySQL 5 service well done... thanks....

Thank you for feedback with the issue resolved.

Hi I have encounter the same issue and I dicided to go around some forum. I read the comments and I saw the solutions to this problem but I don't know where i can find the Install path and the mySQL Datafiles directories to delete.

Please help

"Thanks so much friends, maxime bonillo has right that I need to delete "install path" and
"MySQL Datafiles" directories then reinstall. Now I can run MySQL 5 service well done...
thanks....