Bug #51254 root cannot login
Submitted: 17 Feb 2010 19:10 Modified: 26 Feb 2010 19:04
Reporter: David Jaffe Email Updates:
Status: Can't repeat Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: Config Wizard Severity:S1 (Critical)
Version:5.1.43 OS:Windows (XP)
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any

[17 Feb 2010 19:10] David Jaffe 
Description:
I previously had MySQL installed and then removed it in debugging a problem with a different application.  Since then, I have installed and un-installed MySQL many times on my WinXP machine.  I cannot ever get the instance Config Wizard to complete the last step (Apply Security Settings).  Occasionally, the service will start but if I go to a 'cmd' window and execute mysql --user root, I always get an Access Denied message.

How to repeat:
I have no idea how to repeat the problem.  But whatever I did, it was a very fatal error!
[17 Feb 2010 19:45] MySQL Verification Team 
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[26 Feb 2010 19:04] David Jaffe 
The MySQL installation has become corrupted.  And MySQL provides no tools to completely clean itself off of a system.  I should be able to un-install and then re-install to get it working again. But regardless of how many times I do that, MySQL 'remembers' that it has been previously installed and will not treat the re-installation as a fresh install.  That means MySQL is forever doomed to fail on this machine. That is an awfully poor design!