Thanks Cosmin, your directions worked perfectly! I finally located the application event log, tried to run MySQLInstanceConfig.exe, and got the same result again, which generated an error event. Here is the text from the event: ============================== Activation context generation failed for "C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\bin\MySQLInstanceConfig.exe".Error in manifest or policy file "C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\bin\MySQLInstanceConfig.exe" on line 6. The value "asAdministrator" of attribute "level" in element "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1^requestedPrivileges" is invalid. ==============================
This seems to indicate that I have to be logged in as an administrator to run this. I could use "run as adiministrator", which is what I do to run Delphi, but that's the ugly way. Since I am the only one who uses my computer, I guess the simplest fix is to log in permanently as administrator, but I don't know the default password for that. Do you know what the default password is for Vista Home Basic when logging in as administrator? Sincerely, Rich Cooper EnglishLogicKernel.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cosmin Prund Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 3:35 AM To: Moderated discussion list about database programming withBorland'sDelphi Subject: RE: MySQL on D7 and Vista on Monday, March 17, 2008 9:44 PM Rich Cooper wrote > Hi All, > > I downloaded a copy of MySQL Server 5.1 for Vista and tried to install > it. > The installation went OK, but when I tried to run MySQL Server Instance > Configuration Wizard, it doesn't start, and I get this message: > ---------------------------------------------------- > C:\Program Files\MySQL Server 5.1\bin\MySQLInstanceConfig.exe > > The application has failed to start because its side-by-side > configuration > is incorrect. Please see the application event log for more detail. > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > I made sure the file access privileges for <Program Files | MySQL> and > descendants were both read and write and tried it again - same message. > > Is this coming from Vista? Yes > What is a side-by-side configuration? I think it's the stuff one writes in the "manifest". The manifest may be embedded as a resource into the mysql exe or it may be a stand-alone file. > Where is the application event log stored? If this really is an Windows message then the "application event log" is actually windows's application log. Right click onto a MyComputer icon, select Manage and dig into the left-side treeview. You'll find an "Event log" somewhere. I can't test right now because I'm using Server 2008 (this is in the Vista family) and it when I click "Manage" it opens the Server Manager. -- Cosmin Prund _______________________________________________ Delphi-DB mailing list Delphi-DB@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi-db _______________________________________________ Delphi-DB mailing list Delphi-DB@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi-db
