This was sent to me, off list. I am just forwarding it to it's original targets. -- Shawn
----- Forwarded by Shawn Green ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) on 01/28/2005 09:00 AM ----- Kyle Elmblade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 01/27/2005 04:59:28 PM: > Hello Simon, > > I ran accross the post below in the MySQL forums, and I'm too lazy to sign up > and post. I might have an answer for you. It piques my interest any > time I see > a "is not a valid win32 application" in conjuction with an installed service. > > I support an application that installs several services. All of > these services > reside, by default, in "c:\program files\<app name>\<servicename>.exe". Funny > thing about services when Windows tries to start them up. It acts asif it is > attempting to start them from a command prompt, and consequently, having a > space in the path can be an issue. For 99% of the world, it's never > a problem. > For the unlucky 1%, it can be a vexing, yet agonizingly simple issue. > > The root of the problem turns out to be with a file named "program", sitting > in the root of the c:\ drive. This file does not have an extension, > and may or > may not even contain data in it. However, when Windblows (no, that's not a > typo) goes looking for the application, it gets as far as "program",sees that > there is nothing right after the "m", and checks first to see if it matches a > file rather than a folder. Surprise, it finds a file named "program", and > consequently attempts to execute that program. ZAP, you get an error. > > Anyway, it's worth checking on. If it does solve your problem, I would really > appreciate it if you could let me know. I'm curious to see if it's the same > thing. > > Sincerely, > Kyle Elmblade > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ************************************************* > > Thanks for your suggestions, everyone, but I have followed the manual and > repeated the installation process (with it's very nice GUI, by the way) more > than once, and I still have a problem. > > Perhaps it isn't that simple after all. > > I had similar problem on this laptop when I installed version 4, and I see > now the same message in event logs that "The MySQL service failed to start > due to the following error: MySQL is not a valid win32 application". > > I had no problem installing and running version 4 of the server on a desktop > running XP. So I think the issue is with the laptop. > > At the beginning of the laptop installation XP whines that MySQL is not > digitally signed or something, but when I instruct it to ignore that the > installation commences. > > I noticed that the MySQL service records the old location of the executable > for the server but you can't edit that. > > So I chose MySQL4 as the service name during re-installation -but it refuses > to create the service. So I chose port 3307 in case that was causing a > conflict -but still it refuses to create the service. > > If anyone thinks they know the solution to this problem (be it trivial or > not) I'll take the risk that the answer might confuse me, because it's not > in the manual..... > > Thanks for any help. >
