OK .... so I have totally disinstalled previous implementations of both
Tomcat and MySQL.

I then deleted all the various folders they left behind.

Except (as I have now found out) there was a MySQL service left defined
(though non-working now) in the Services list.

This meant that after installing Wampserver, there were two MySQL services
(with different names).

I have tried to remove all trace of this spurious service, and it no longer
appears in the list of services.

I have even gone back to a restore point before I first installed the
previous MySQL - and then reinstalled Wampserver - but I still get the same
problem.

BUT .... Wampserver still can't run PHPmyAdmin and I can't get it to run
manually. I also can't run MySQL Console. After getting past the root
password prompt, I get a bleep and a message which disappears with the
console window before I can possibly read it (great diagnotics!!).

ANY suggestions on what to do to get MySQL and phpMyAdmin working please?

Richard wrote:

Richard wrote:
Open up a command prompt and run MySQL. What do you get?



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The Natural Philosopher wrote:
That's my suggestion also.

I hate the registry. If it weren't for that I might even accept Windows
as being a good platform for people who don't want to know anything
about computers. As it is even if you are computer literate you have to
have a Ph.D in registry to make sure you don't hose your PC if you edit it.

Try EasyPHP www.easyphp.org

Em 10-03-2010 22:49, Richard escreveu:

"Richard" <(none)> wrote

Hi Richard :-)

referring to an older thread here:
Did you maybe add the mySQL directory to your path, and forgot to
remove that bit after uninstall?
You didnt put this mysql dll thing in any system folder, did you?


Need some more error (or other messages) from either mySQL or PHP.

R.

"The Natural Philosopher" <tnp (AT) invalid (DOT) invalid> wrote

As in:
"If you cant find the problem, get a new computer" ?

R.

Richard wrote:
The problem is most likely the registry. With linux it is much easier
to search out and destroy remnants of old programs.

"A Watcher" <stocksami (AT) earthlink (DOT) net> wrote

I dont agree... I still feel "clumsy" doing that on Linux... to me its
still a swamp
This "Registry" is not some magic thing ... its just a hierarchical
database of settings.

Most programs have their own install and uninstall that takes care of
all these things, so you almost never need to edit by hand.
And, there are utils that can help you if you dont really know what is
what.

MySQL doesnt write much to the registry AFAIK. The service should be
removed with the uninstall.

R.

Richard wrote:
As in, you can find the problem, but microsoft prevents you from fixing
it, so reinstall an operating system and since you have to do that, why
not put on one that actually works?