Cannot create Windows Service for MySQL (Vista)

Posted by Matt W on Server Fault See other posts from Server Fault or by Matt W
Published on 2010-04-24T21:36:54Z Indexed on 2010/04/24 21:43 UTC
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I uninstalled MySQL 5.1 from Vista as I lost the username/password, however I forgot to stop the MySQL service before doing so. Now whenever I try to reinstall it I get to the final configuration screen which then fails with the message "Cannot create Windows Service for MySQL Error:0".

I've uninstalled MySQL and removed all related files/folders/registry entries but still no joy...

Does anyone know a way to resolve this as I can't seem to find a fix online anywhere!

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