Bug #62374 MySQLWorkbench Unhandled Exception on Startup
Submitted: 7 Sep 2011 12:50 Modified: 8 Oct 2011 14:39
Reporter: Michael Powe Email Updates:
Status: No Feedback Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Workbench Severity:S1 (Critical)
Version:5.2.34 CE Rev. 7780 OS:Windows (Server 2008R2 Std Ed. 64-bit)
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any
Tags: crash, startup, win2008r2

[7 Sep 2011 12:50] Michael Powe 
Description:
I installed Workbench using the MSI downloaded from the web site.  When invoked, Workbench exits with error message upon initialization and before splash screen appears.

Error summary:

Application: MySQLWorkbench.exe
Framework Version: v4.0.30319
Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception.
Exception Info: System.TypeInitializationException
Stack:
   at MySQL.GUI.Workbench.Program.Main(System.String[])

See also, Bug #60115 for a similar event on Windows 7.

How to repeat:
Unknown.

Suggested fix:
Workaround:  This occurred when Workbench was installed using the MSI.  I uninstalled the tool, downloaded the zipped version and manually started it from the extracted folder.  The tool works when invoked this way.
[7 Sep 2011 12:51] Michael Powe 
Windows Application event log entries referencing the errors.

Attachment: mysql_wrkbnch_crash_20110907.evtx (application/octet-stream, text), 68.00 KiB.
[7 Sep 2011 12:53] Michael Powe 
Text export of the Windows Application event log entries

Attachment: mysql_wrkbnch_crash_20110907.txt (text/plain), 3.05 KiB.
[7 Sep 2011 20:01] MySQL Verification Team 
See http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=62370.
[8 Sep 2011 14:39] Alfredo Kojima 
Could you try the test MSI binaries for 5.2.35 at http://wb.mysql.com/?p=1140
and report if they work?
[8 Oct 2011 23:00] Bugs System 
No feedback was provided for this bug for over a month, so it is
being suspended automatically. If you are able to provide the
information that was originally requested, please do so and change
the status of the bug back to "Open".