On 22 Nov 2004 at 9:34, James Sherwood wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have installed mysql but did not install it as a service.
>
> All I do is runmysqld-max-nt.exe
>
> Now I need it to run as a service. It is on a win2003 machine.
>
> Can I make it run as a service once I already have it installed.
>
> I cannot lose data and do not want to do a mysqldump, uninstall and reinstall
> as this would bring the server down for too long.
>
> Is there a way to make it start running as a service?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> James
Hi James,
You can install / uninstall the MySQL service by running the program with a
special
command line switch.
I am not sure of your level of windows experience so I will describe the
process in its
most basic form.
Open a command prompt and change directories to the MySQL programs directory.
If you installed MySQL to the folder c:\mysql, this command would be:
cd c:\mysql\bin
Then run the mysqld-max-nt.exe program with the switch *-install* :
mysqld-max-nt.exe -install
You can also uninstall the service using this command:
mysqld-max-nt.exe -remove
For more command line install options run this command and then read the txt
file
that is created ( help.txt )
mysqld-max-nt.exe --help > help.txt
There are options to install the service under a different name and with
different start
up options.
Hope this helps
Regards
Ian
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