Bug #62997 MySQL Workbench will not start after initially loading it on Windows 7

Description:
MySQL Workbench will not start after initially loading it on Windows 7.

How to repeat:
Try starting it again ...

Please try the workaround described in http://wb.fabforce.eu/?p=1259 and report back if it works

I tried running MySQL Workbench 5.2 CE as "administrator" and am still receiving the same error on start up.

Can you get the list of files in the WB install folder and paste to this issue?

Please try this, from a command prompt shell, go to the installation folder of WB, then (as administrator):
cd python
..\python -mcompileall ..

If that doesn't work, please report and try deleting all .pyc files in that folder manually.

The ...\python\ directory doesn't contain a python executable.  Here is what is in my python directory:

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

10/28/2011  12:50 PM    <DIR>          .
10/28/2011  12:50 PM    <DIR>          ..
10/28/2011  12:50 PM    <DIR>          DLLs
10/31/2011  10:14 AM    <DIR>          lib
10/28/2011  12:50 PM    <DIR>          libs
09/21/2011  05:19 AM           124,254 mysql_libs.zip
10/28/2011  12:50 PM    <DIR>          site-packages

You need to run the python command in the parent directory inside the python directory.
Type exactly:
cd python
..\python -mcompileall ..

The "..\" before python in the 2nd command is important.

Does workbench start after that?

What is the error you're getting when trying to start it?

OK, your error is actually a different one than what I thought. This is a duplicate of bug #62529

Any other suggestions as to why MySQL Workbench will not start after installing it in my Windows 7 environment?

Are you sure you installed the 32bit version of the C++ runtimes?