problem with MySQL installation : template configuration file cannot be found

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Published on 2010-02-19T06:48:34Z Indexed on 2011/01/30 7:27 UTC
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Trying to install MySQL onto the Windows XP machine. While going through the installation steps (in the "MySQL Server Instance Config. Wizard"), I get to a point where it the window reads:

MySQL Server Instance Configuration (bold header) 
Choose the configuration for the server instance. 


Ready to execute... 
o Prepare configuration 
o Write configuration file 
o Start service 
o Apply security settings (this line is greyed out) 

Please press [Execute] to start the configuration. 

[ Back ] [ Execute ] [ Cancel ] 

So I press execute, and then a red X appears in the second step:

Write configuration file

and at the bottom, where it originally said:

Please press [Execute] to start the configuration.

It now says:

The template configuration file cannot be found at C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\bin\my-template.cnf

I'm unsure what it means, but I canceled the config wizard and looked in the directory that had been created (C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0).

There are some configuration settings files, and there are 4 folders:

  • bin
  • data
  • Docs
  • share

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