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Are you installing this as an Administrator? &nbsp;You'll need Administrator privilege.<br />
What version of Windows?
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Are you installing this as an Administrator?  You'll need Administrator privilege.
What version of Windows?

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Thanks larsrohr<br />
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I am installing as administrator and the OS is xp
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Thanks larsrohr

I am installing as administrator and the OS is xp

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Thanks<br />
Although there was not a previous instal I followed you suggestions and MySQL installed OK.
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Thanks
Although there was not a previous instal I followed you suggestions and MySQL installed OK.

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I recently downloaded &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;MySQL 5.5.19<br />
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The installation seemed to go very well until the last stage and then I received an error message<br />
as in the attached image.<br />
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Can anyone think what may have gone wrong please?<br />
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Many thanks<br />
<br />
John<br />
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&nbsp;<a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2011/12_w53/534295/mysql.jpg" target="_blank" title="MySQL (35 KB)"><img alt="MySQL" class="file-block lazyload" style="max-width: 504px;" data-src="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2011/12_w53/534295/mysql.jpg" /></a>
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mysql.jpg

I recently downloaded 	MySQL 5.5.19

The installation seemed to go very well until the last stage and then I received an error message
as in the attached image.

Can anyone think what may have gone wrong please?

Many thanks

John

 

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