Bug #98209 MySQL Workbench 8.0.19 Does Not Start
Submitted: 13 Jan 2020 18:35 Modified: 16 Jan 2020 15:52
Reporter: Scott Weigand Email Updates:
Status: Duplicate Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Workbench Severity:S1 (Critical)
Version:8.0.19 OS:Windows (10 Pro Version 1909)
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:x86

[13 Jan 2020 18:35] Scott Weigand 
Description:
Upon either upgrading from MySQL Workbench 8.0.18 to 8.0.19 or a fresh install of 8.0.19, the program will not start and does not even show up on the Task Manager.

I am able to successfully launch upon reinstalling 8.0.18.

How to repeat:
Either upgrade from MySQL Workbench 8.0.18 to 8.0.19 or freshly install 8.0.19. Afterwards, try to start the application.

Suggested fix:
Allow MySQL 8.0.19 to startup.
[13 Jan 2020 20:39] MySQL Verification Team 
Thank you for the bug report. Duplicate of https://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=98207.
[16 Jan 2020 15:47] Derek Ritchie 
Exactly the same happening to myself downloaded 8.0.19 and not launching. Followed the instructions to the letter. What am I missing.
[16 Jan 2020 15:52] Scott Weigand 
Download the latest VC_redist file: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads
[16 Jan 2020 20:31] MySQL Verification Team 
Please try to reinstall using the repair option. Thanks.
[17 Jan 2020 15:30] Derek Ritchie 
Uninstalled version 8.0.19 and installed version 8.0.18 which is now working fine. Thanks for the help.
[21 Jan 2020 10:13] mujnoi tamas 
Downloading the latest VC_redist file helped to start up
[24 Jan 2020 16:42] MySQL Verification Team 
https://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=98344 marked as duplicate of this one.
[26 Jan 2020 11:05] Stjepan Brbot 
installing latest VC 2015-2109 resolves the issue and 8.0.19 starts now.
[27 Jan 2020 18:12] Stefan Doczi 
I install VC 2015-2109, but MySQL Workbench 8.0.19 Does Not Start.
[29 Jan 2020 19:06] Keith Lascelles 
Latest VC++ Redist 2015-2019 confirmed working.  MySQL WorkBench v8.0.19 now launches.
[24 Feb 2020 17:22] Ged Byrne 
I too have the same issue.  MySQL Workbench 8.0.19 fails to start.  No error is thrown and I don't even reach the splash screen.  I've reinstalled the vc-redist packages for both 32/64 bit, have entirely removed 8.0.19 and have subsequently tried to reinstall 8.0.19, 8.0.18 and 8.0.17 removing each in between.

wb.log contains the following on the latest attempt going back to 8.0.17.  It's effectively the same for each install - just with different version numbers.

17:17:50 [ERR][      Workbench]: Console redirection failed.
17:17:50 [INF][      Workbench]: Starting up Workbench
17:17:50 [INF][      Workbench]: Current environment:
	Command line: "C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Workbench 8.0 CE\MySQLWorkbench.exe" 
	CurrentDirectory: C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Workbench 8.0 CE
	HasShutdownStarted: False
	OSVersion: Microsoft Windows NT 6.2.9200.0
	SystemDirectory: C:\WINDOWS\system32
	TickCount: 719421
	UserInteractive: True
	Version: 4.0.30319.42000
	WorkingSet: 42725376
17:17:50 [INF][      Workbench]: Environment variables:
	SystemDrive = C:
	ProgramFiles(x86) = C:\Program Files (x86)
	ProgramW6432 = C:\Program Files
	PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER = Intel64 Family 6 Model 142 Stepping 10, GenuineIntel
	TMP = C:\Users\gedby\AppData\Local\Temp
	PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE = AMD64
	Path = C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_241\bin;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\bin;C:\Users\gedby\AppData\Roaming\nvm;C:\Program Files\nodejs;C:\Program Files\OpenSSL-Win64\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files\PuTTY\;C:\Program Files\Intel\WiFi\bin\;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Intel\WirelessCommon\;C:\Program Files\Amazon\AWSCLIV2\;C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;C:\Users\gedby\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Users\gedby\AppData\Roaming\nvm;C:\Program Files\nodejs;C:\Program Files\JetBrains\PhpStorm 2019.1.3\bin;C:\Program Files\Image Optimisations;C:\Program Files\JetBrains\DataGrip 2019.2.1\bin;C:\Program Files\Amazon\AWSCLIV2;;%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps
	DataGrip = C:\Program Files\JetBrains\DataGrip 2019.2.1\bin;
	PROCESSOR_REVISION = 8e0a
	TEMP = C:\Users\gedby\AppData\Local\Temp
	USERPROFILE = C:\Users\gedby
	CommonProgramFiles(x86) = C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files
	LOGONSERVER = \\DESKTOP-85QTAFM
	USERNAME = gedby
	SystemRoot = C:\WINDOWS
	OneDrive = C:\Users\gedby\OneDrive
	CommonProgramFiles = C:\Program Files\Common Files
	PROCESSOR_LEVEL = 6
	ProgramData = C:\ProgramData
	HOMEPATH = \Users\gedby
	OneDriveConsumer = C:\Users\gedby\OneDrive
	COMPUTERNAME = DESKTOP-85QTAFM
	ALLUSERSPROFILE = C:\ProgramData
	CommonProgramW6432 = C:\Program Files\Common Files
	VS140COMNTOOLS = C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\Tools\
	SESSIONNAME = Console
	NVM_HOME = C:\Users\gedby\AppData\Roaming\nvm
	GYP_MSVS_VERSION = 2015
	DriverData = C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\DriverData
	PhpStorm = C:\Program Files\JetBrains\PhpStorm 2019.1.3\bin;
	windir = C:\WINDOWS
	NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS = 8
	OS = Windows_NT
	ProgramFiles = C:\Program Files
	ComSpec = C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
	HOMEDRIVE = C:
	PATHEXT = .COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC
	JAVA_HOME = C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_241
	PSModulePath = C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules;C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules
	NVM_SYMLINK = C:\Program Files\nodejs
	APPDATA = C:\Users\gedby\AppData\Roaming
	USERDOMAIN = DESKTOP-85QTAFM
	OPENSSL_CON = C:\Program Files\OpenSSL-Win64\bin\openssl.cfg
	LOCALAPPDATA = C:\Users\gedby\AppData\Local
	USERDOMAIN_ROAMINGPROFILE = DESKTOP-85QTAFM
	PUBLIC = C:\Users\Public
17:17:50 [INF][      Workbench]: Current version given by meta info is: 8.0.17
17:17:50 [INF][      Workbench]: This is the first start of a new version. Doing some clean up.
17:17:50 [INF][      Workbench]: Setting PATH to: C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_241\bin;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\bin;C:\Users\gedby\AppData\Roaming\nvm;C:\Program Files\nodejs;C:\Program Files\OpenSSL-Win64\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files\PuTTY\;C:\Program Files\Intel\WiFi\bin\;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Intel\WirelessCommon\;C:\Program Files\Amazon\AWSCLIV2\;C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;C:\Users\gedby\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Users\gedby\AppData\Roaming\nvm;C:\Program Files\nodejs;C:\Program Files\JetBrains\PhpStorm 2019.1.3\bin;C:\Program Files\Image Optimisations;C:\Program Files\JetBrains\DataGrip 2019.2.1\bin;C:\Program Files\Amazon\AWSCLIV2;;%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps
17:17:50 [INF][ mforms managed]: Initializing mforms wrapper
17:17:51 [INF][   WBContext UI]: Initializing workbench context UI with these values:
	base dir: C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Workbench 8.0 CE
	plugin path: C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Workbench 8.0 CE
	struct path: 
	module path: C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Workbench 8.0 CE/modules
	library path: C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Workbench 8.0 CE
	user data dir: C:\Users\gedby\AppData\Roaming\MySQL\Workbench
	open at start: 
	open type: 
	run at startup: 
	run type: 
	Force SW rendering: No
	Force OpenGL: No
	quit when done: No
17:17:51 [INF][      WBContext]: WbContext::init
[25 Feb 2020 9:38] Ged Byrne 
Fixed - I simply had to remove and reinstall Python 3.8 and ensure it was listed within the path
[18 Apr 2020 18:28] swarup malli 
Unable to start mysql workbench after installing it on windows 10 home