Hi,
(I think I messed up here. I decided to start from scratch, I removed
"MySQL Servers and Clients 4.0.13" from the program list (as it appears
when I run the "setup.exe" it installs MySQL software in Windows) and
deleted all the folders (which included the old "c:\mysql\" directory
with mysqld in the \bin folder) before performing the remove
instructions below. So now I can't get to the correct "mysqld" service
to remove it. It also appears that I can't remove it in windows as I
don't see a "remove" or "delete" option in the Services area where you
directed me. Will that be "stuck" there, now? MySQL and mysqld2 still
appear in the services list.)
I had the same kind of problem before. I don't know why that is so,
but Windows doesn't provide a remove option in the Services Manager
window. You can, however, edit the properties of a service and set it
to "Disabled". After re-booting the system, that service should have
gone.
If it's still there, you can only remove it by hacking the Windows
registry (Start > Run > regedit), looking for "mysql..." entries,
delete them, and reboot. Maybe there's a more proper way of doing
this, and if someone on this list knows, I'd be interested in how that
would look like.
(And, yes, I can hear all you Unix guys on this list chuckling.)
Yes the currently installer doesn't remove the service during
the un-install process. This deficiency should be fixed in the
new installer which is developed by Mark ( I am cc this for him
for to me correct if I am wrong).
However in the today behavior I don't recommend to play with the
registry. The situation is:
- Before to un-install remove the service using the server binary
with mysqld --remove or mysqld --remove service-name.
- If you don't have anymore any server for to perform the remove
service, you don't need to reboot, just re-install the new
stuff and do the service remove.
--=20
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