Bug #57498 Workbench can't find my.ini. Looks in directory MySQL Server 5.0 instead of 5.1
Submitted: 16 Oct 2010 14:32 Modified: 16 Oct 2010 14:58
Reporter: Daniel Stridhammar Email Updates:
Status: Duplicate Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Workbench: Administration Severity:S3 (Non-critical)
Version:5.2.29 OS:Windows (Server 2008 R2 Web Edition)
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any
Tags: workbench

[16 Oct 2010 14:32] Daniel Stridhammar 
Description:
The configuration section tries to read my.ini in the wrong directory. The installed server version is 5.1.40 and is installed in the directory \Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1.

Workbench looks for my.ini in the wrong directory: \Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\ instead of: \Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\

(It is the 64 bit version of MySQL Server 5.1)

I have installed the same version of Workbench under Windows 7 Ultimate without encountering this problem.

How to repeat:
Open workbench, open administration and choose tab Configuration. Then a dialog pop up and informs that my ini can't be found with the path \Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\my.ini

Suggested fix:
Fix the path
[16 Oct 2010 14:43] MySQL Verification Team 
Thank you for the bug report. Related to bug: http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=56911.
[16 Oct 2010 14:58] Daniel Stridhammar 
OK, now it works. Thanks!

I chose Manage Server Instances and selected the server instance and in the tab 'System Profile' I could change the installation type to MySQL 5.1 x64.