No.debd wrote:I tried that and It does not seem to recognize "sc" as an interneal or external program. Should I be trying to delete the service from a specific location?
Click on start on the Taskbar left hand corner.
Click on Run...
Type in cmd.exe
This will open the command console.
At the > prompt type:
sc.exe delete mysql
Microsoft explains the Service Controller Commands here.
sc delete
Deletes a service subkey from the registry. If the service is running or if another process has an open handle to the service, then the service is marked for deletion.
Note Sc.exe is included with Windows XP and with Windows Server 2003. Sc.exe is also available in the Windows 2000 Server resource kit.
Also you could try looking in the Task Manager for any instances of mysqld.exe or mysqld-nt.exe and end the processes.
To do that:
Right click on the Taskbar
Click on Task Manager
Select the Processes tab
Look for the mysqld.exe or mysqld-nt.exe entry
Right click on the name
Click on End Process
Click on Yes on the warning.