MySQL Bugs: #62921: Tried to launch MySQL Workbench on Windows 7 64bit system.

Bug #62921	Tried to launch MySQL Workbench on Windows 7 64bit system.
Submitted:	25 Oct 2011 7:36	Modified:	28 Oct 2011 15:43
Reporter:	Simon Platten	Email Updates:
Status:	Duplicate	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Workbench	Severity:	S1 (Critical)
Version:	5.2.35	OS:	Windows (7 64bit)
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
When trying to launch MySQL Workbench, error dialog is displayed and application will not launch.

How to repeat:
Try to launch MySQL Workbench.

If this is Workbench 5.2.35 from Installer 5.5.16 then it can be bug #62703 or bug#62709. Please, check.

I have resolved the issue, right click on MySQL Workbench icon, select Properties, then the Compatibility option, check 'Disable visual themes' and 'Run this program as an administrator'  it now works.

Thank you for sharing solution. I wonder what exact error you've got, to make sure this is it a new problem to check or a duplicate.

There are two error entries in the event log:

Faulting application name: MySQLWorkbench.exe, version: 5.2.35.7915, time stamp: 0x4e7957cf
Faulting module name: KERNELBASE.dll, version: 6.1.7601.17651, time stamp: 0x4e211319
Exception code: 0xe0434352
Fault offset: 0x0000b9bc
Faulting process id: 0xf34
Faulting application start time: 0x01cc92eb6de2b7b5
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Workbench CE 5.2.35\MySQLWorkbench.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\syswow64\KERNELBASE.dll
Report Id: ae56fe08-fede-11e0-965d-1c6f653ebdcf

and ...

Application: MySQLWorkbench.exe
Framework Version: v4.0.30319
Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception.
Exception Info: System.UnauthorizedAccessException
Stack:
   at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32, System.String)
   at System.IO.File.Delete(System.String)
   at MySQL.GUI.Workbench.Program.RemoveCompiledPythonFiles(System.String)
   at MySQL.GUI.Workbench.Program.Main(System.String[])

I couldn't repeat on Windows 7 64-bit with the below System Info output:

MySQL Workbench CE for Windows version 5.2.35

Configuration Directory: C:\Users\miguel\AppData\Roaming\MySQL\Workbench

Data Directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Workbench 5.2 CE

Cairo Version: 1.8.8

Rendering Mode: OpenGL is available on this system, so OpenGL is used for rendering.

OpenGL Driver Version: 3.3.11079 Compatibility Profile Context

OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate Edition Service Pack 1 (build 7601), 64-bit

CPU: 4x AMD Phenom(tm) 9650 Quad-Core Processor, 8.0 GiB RAM

Active video adapter: ATI Radeon HD 4650

Installed video RAM: 1024 MB

Current video mode: 1920 x 1080 x 4294967296 colors

Used bit depth: 32

Driver version: 8.892.0.0

Installed display drivers: aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx32,aticfx32,atiumd64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atiumdag,atidxx32,atiumdva,atiumd6a.cap,atitmm64.dll

Current user language: Portuguese (Brazil)

So this is a duplicate of bug #62703 (or bug #62709).