On 10/19/2010 12:38 PM, Montgomery, Tammie wrote:
I had an old version of mySQL on my computer but never used it. I thought I
knew the root password but it wouldn't let me in. I went ahead and uninstalled
it thinking I would get a newer version anyway. I used the Windows interface to
uninstall the previous version. It appeared to be gone but when I installed the
new version, it asked me what the previous root password was and then give new
one. I left previous blank and gave it the new password. Now it has been
sitting at the screen in the configuration wizard for Apply security settings
for about 20 minutes. How should I recover from this?
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I ran into a similar problem a few weeks ago. The solution, in my case,
was that you must first stop the MySQL process, uninstall with the
provided uninstall utility, then manually go through Program Files and
ProgramData (possibly a folder in your Users directory as well) to
delete all references to MySQL.
When the installer is run for the most current version of MySQL that
you've downloaded, it won't ask for the previous password and it will be
as if you're installing a fresh copy. If I remember correctly, you can
still do this now even after you've already uninstalling the original
version of MySQL. I should mention this was all done in Win7 64-bit;
you may need to modify folder names if you're on WinXP.
