At 14:47 24/7/2003 +0200, Stefan Hinz wrote: 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.
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