Successfully removed the services. I rechecked and, no mysqld, just MySQL and mysqld2. Thanks!
That should close out this thread! -----Original Message----- From: Paul DuBois [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 11:30 AM To: Degan, George E, JR, MGSVC; Stefan Hinz Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Re[2]: Can run two versions of MySQL in Windows 2000? At 6:23 -0500 7/24/03, Degan, George E, JR, MGSVC wrote: >(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.) You need to remove the services using a MySQL server. You can use any of mysqld, mysqld-nt, mysqld-max, or mysql-max-nt to do this. Suppose you use mysqld. This command removes the service having the default name ("MySQL"): mysqld --remove And this one removes a service named "mysqld2": mysqld --remove mysqld2 > >> net stop svc-name-1 >> net stop svc-name-2 >(by "svs-name-1 and -2" do you refer to mysqld and mysqld2? If not, to >what services do you refer?) MySQL (the default name) and mysqld2 (your second service name) > > To remove them: > >> mysqld --remove svc-name-1 >> mysqld --remove svc-name-2 >(it appears that you do not as "mysqld --remove mysqld" doesn't seem to >make sense. To what services do you refer?) See above. > >> Then start from the beginning, using the mysqld --install instructions >> in the manual. > >> (So I don't have to "Uninstall" them in windows since they are now >> services? Or does this have the same effect?) > >I'd suggest you to get familiar with the Windows services concept. >Services are, uh, services that can start and stop software programs >(like the MySQL server). Rather than starting the software manually, >you'd set up a service that does that (and can do that automatically, >e.g. at system startup). > >Windows (NT, 2000, XP) usually uses services to start software that >runs in the background, like the MySQL server. > >Unlike software, you don't uninstall a service, you _remove_ it, so it >won't be there anymore to start the software program it's supposed to >start. For the MySQL server, that's done with the "mysqld --remove ><servicename>" command. >(How do we remove the mysqld service?) You don't have a service named "mysqld", do you? -- Paul DuBois, Senior Technical Writer Madison, Wisconsin, USA MySQL AB, www.mysql.com Are you MySQL certified? http://www.mysql.com/certification/ -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
