Bug #70546 MySQL Workbench has encountered a problem; external component has thrown an exce

Submitted: 7 Oct 2013 20:17 Modified: 8 Oct 2013 11:33
Reporter: Mike Johnson Email Updates:
Status: Duplicate Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Workbench Severity:S3 (Non-critical)
Version:latest OS:Windows (8)
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any

[7 Oct 2013 20:17] Mike Johnson 
Description:
Workbench will not open. Throws this:

MySQL Workbench has encountered a problem; external component has thrown an exception.

It is very important that I have access to mysql.. please help.

I've tried installing/uninstalling of MYSQL stuff both manually and automatically.

How to repeat:
By opening it.

Suggested fix:
No idea.
[7 Oct 2013 23:48] MySQL Verification Team 
Please check if workaround mentioned in http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=70262 (see workaround renaming the folder) applies to your case. Thanks.
[8 Oct 2013 0:26] Mike Johnson 
I fixed it by deleting the roaming folder from users/appdata.

Thank you.

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