MySQL Bugs: #34559: MySQLInstanceConfig: side-by-side configuration is incorrect

Bug #34559	MySQLInstanceConfig: side-by-side configuration is incorrect
Submitted:	14 Feb 2008 17:59	Modified:	19 Feb 2008 23:04
Reporter:	Olaf van der Spek (Basic Quality Contributor)	Email Updates:
Status:	Duplicate	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Server: Installing	Severity:	S3 (Non-critical)
Version:	5.1.23-rc	OS:	Windows (Vista x64)
Assigned to:	Assigned Account	CPU Architecture:	Any
Tags:	qc

Description:
Hi,

I installed MySQL 5.1.23 x64 on Vista x64. The installer didn't start the instance config and manually starting the instance config resulted in this error.

C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\bin>MySQLInstanceConfig.exe
The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log for more detail.

How to repeat:
C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\bin>MySQLInstanceConfig.exe

The x86 version is also affected:
C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\bin>MySQLInstanceConfig.exe
The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is in
correct. Please see the application event log for more detail.

Thank you for a problem report. And what exactly does Event Log say? (I had installed 5.1.23 without any problems on XP SP2...)

It's quite helpful, I didn't expect that:
Activation context generation failed for "C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\bin\MySQLInstanceConfig.exe".Error in manifest or policy file "C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\bin\MySQLInstanceConfig.exe" on line 6. The value "asAdministrator" of attribute "level" in element "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1^requestedPrivileges" is invalid.

Message Error on Vista 64-bit

Attachment: vista-config.png (image/png, text), 182.66 KiB.

Thank you for the bug report. Verified as described.

Hi all,

I am a newcomer to this MySQL, and using Vista, I m having the same trouble. Can you help me solving it as I didn't understand the stuff written in this bug entry... Is there any solution to it as yet?

Hi all,

I am a newcomer to this MySQL, and using Vista, I m having the same trouble. Can you help me solving it as I didn't understand the stuff written in this bug entry... Is there any solution to it as yet?

Thanks in advance!

Sudarshan

I have the same problem on 32bit Vista.  I installed MySQL 5.1 today.

Chris Merrill

I have exact same problem. I am running 32-bit Vista. Any suggestions??

Hi,

I am having the same problem with mysql-5.0.51a-win32 on windows vista business on a 32bit machine. I have opened up a port for mysql and also disabled the user access control. However, the side-by-side configuration error remains unresolved.

Has anyone cracked this or it's a bug in MySQL?

Cheers,
Dominic

Hello everyone,

There is a posting on the install forum: http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?11,195569,195569#msg-195569 that solves the problem. It appears to be a small bug in the MySQLInstanceConfig executable.

It works for me.

Dominic

Duplicate of Bug#30823

Are you kidding me?  I have to hack an executable to get the stupid thing to work?

FWIW - I did not run into this problem when I installed 5.0.37

Microsoft Windows Vista 32 - MySQL Server 5.0 - error MySQLInstanceConfig.exe - application failed to start because side-by-side configuration is incorrect :

the reshack soulution worked well for me

reshack works...im just curious if the same can be done with 64x considering that reshack only works with 32bit

reshack method worked on Vista Business SP1

reshack method worked on Vista Business SP1 [ammend] forgot to mention this is vista business x64 (core 2 duo machine)[/ammend]