MySQL Bugs: #29969: Could not start the service MySQL on vista

Bug #29969	Could not start the service MySQL on vista
Submitted:	23 Jul 2007 7:33	Modified:	24 Jul 2007 5:21
Reporter:	joe bender	Email Updates:
Status:	Not a Bug	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Server	Severity:	S2 (Serious)
Version:	5.0 windows x64	OS:	Windows (Vista Ultimate x64)
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any
Tags:	Could not start the service MySQL

Description:
I'm trying to install MySQL on my PC and when I hit the 'Exceute' button on the MySQL Server Instance Configuration screen it runs through 'Prepare configuration' and 'Write configuration file' OK but gives a red 'X' in the Start service button followed by the error message:

'Could not start the service MySQL.'

the first time i installed it, it actually worked fine, but i got the server settings wrong so i uninstalled it and reinstalled it not knowing you could just remove the instance. when i reinstalled it this is the error i got.  

How to repeat:
i can repeat this by starting the server instance config wizard again, go the last step and hit execute button.

Thank you for the report.

Please provide your error log file.

i am sorry, i am very new to MySQL this is my first time, how would i retrieve this file?

Go to your data install directory and look for a file with extension .err
usually host_name.err and then zip and attach it here. Thanks in advance.

my error log file

Attachment: Fabes-PC.err (application/octet-stream, text), 5.98 KiB.

Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/ and the instructions on
how to report a bug at http://bugs.mysql.com/how-to-report.php

Error log contains information about misconfiguration of InnoDB startup options. Correct them and you will be available to start the server. See also http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/innodb-parameters.html and http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/innodb-configuration.html