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In the Installer for XAMPP Windows 1.6.0 [Basic package] I found an error in the install as service script "mysql_installservice" which prevents it from being installed as a windows service.

The section

:MainNT
echo Installing MySQL as an Service
copy "%cd%\bin\my.cnf" /-y %windir%\my.ini
bin\mysqld-nt --install mysql --defaults-file="%cd%\bin\my.cnf"
echo Try to start the MySQL deamon as service ...
net start MySQL

should instead read

:MainNT
echo Installing MySQL as an Service
copy "%cd%\bin\my.cnf" /-y %windir%\my.ini
bin\mysqld --install mysql --defaults-file="%cd%\bin\my.cnf"
echo Try to start the MySQL deamon as service ...
net start MySQL

that is remove "-nt" on line 32 of the code.

For now you are correct.

But the real bug is:
They have forgotten to put the file "mysqld-nt.exe" into the new XAMPP download packages (1.6.0).

Ah yes. I see it because "mysqld-nt.exe" is also referenced in the uninstall script.

Just another side note. A few pages in the package refer to the previous version of xampp in the page title.

All in all I love the work done by the apachefriends project. It's been a life save as I go from BSD to windows in developing my work. Keep up the good work and keep the improvements coming!!!.

Wiedmann wrote:For now you are correct.

But the real bug is:
They have forgotten to put the file "mysqld-nt.exe" into the new XAMPP download packages (1.6.0).