MySQL Bugs: #27028: MySQL 5.0.37 and 5.1.16 both do not install on VISTA 64

Bug #27028	MySQL 5.0.37 and 5.1.16 both do not install on VISTA 64
Submitted:	10 Mar 2007 21:13	Modified:	15 Mar 2007 11:00
Reporter:	Louis Breda van	Email Updates:
Status:	Duplicate	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Server: Installing	Severity:	S1 (Critical)
Version:	5.0.37	OS:	VISTA 64 RTM
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any
Tags:	64, installation, MYSQL5, vista

Description:
Hello,

I just tryed to do a fresh install of MySQL 5.1.16 on a VISTA 64 RTM machine. It did not work.
- installation seems to run correctly, but:
a) the service does not show up under services
b) the installer does not startup the configurtor utility
- starting the configurator (MySQLInstanceConfig) with administrator rights
does give the expected screen windows. However at the end it can not determine and write the ini file.

- Second I removed the installation and tried to install 5.0.37. Exactly the same problem.

- note that I was successful installing an earlier 5.1.x version on VIST 64 RC2
(that 5.1.c version not error free that appart).

How to repeat:
Quite easy,

Try to install MySQL on a fresh VISTA 64 system using the installer.

Hello,

I did spent a lot of time, trying to work arround this bug. I was *not* sucessfull.

I tried a few things which all did not work !! for info:
- tried to setup the service using mysqld-nt --install etc
==> did not work unless I put the my.ini in a path without spaces in the name so that I did not have to add sting quotes int the command. However
- when doing so the service was created, however could not be started
terminated unexpecticly error 1067

This is realy bull shit!

Sincerely,

Louis

Hello,

After configuring the service using the commandline as described earlier, and restarting vista and loging in as an operator, I managed to start MySQL.

So, I managed to work arround the problem at last, and it probably has something to do withs vistas right management i.r.m. MySQL.

Louis

Please do not submit the same bug more than once. An existing bug report already describes this very problem. Even if you feel that your issue is somewhat different, the resolution is likely
to be the same. Because of this, we hope you add your comments to the original bug instead.

Thank you for your interest in MySQL.

Explanation: Hi Louis. We are aware of this problems as you can see in our bugs database, for example in: http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=22563, 24731, 24732, 24734, etc. and are working on Vista compatibility for some time now.