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I've tried several different WAMPs and finally ended up with WAMPServer after horrendous effort trying to get Apache to start. Well, after installing WAMPServer almost successfully, now I can't get MySQL to start. I have downloaded and installed MySQL from the MySQL website just to see if it would work at all, and it does. I have since uninstalled it and removed all files.

The error I'm getting in my application log is

Can't find messagefile 'C:\JAMP\bin\mysql\share\korean\errmsg.sys'

I've searched but I can't seem to find where or why it would be looking for this file. I don't know if that's what's holding it up but it's the only error I'm getting, as far as I can tell.

My other option would be to delete the WAMPServer MySQL install and go with the OEM, if someone can tell me how to hook it into WAMPServer.

I hope this is clear. Please let me know if you need more info, and thanks!

jamp? u have unistlled something properly

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I certainly realize that, but I can't figure out why MySQL would be looking for this file if I've deleted all the previous installations, with only the new WAMPServer install remaining. This install should know nothing about any previous installations.

I have since placed the errmsg.sys file in the directory it is looking in, and MySQL does start now, so the immediate problem is solved. But I don't want this file sitting around and I'd like to start MySQL without it. Any ideas?

ur not running the mysql in wamp.. u didnt deleted mysql out of the registery.. u need to do all this before u install it.

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I m rnnng th mysql in wmp. i dlte mysql frm rgstry & srchd rgstry for 'jamp' and ddn't finded t. mst b smthng lse

He he... he he... ;-)

It's forums, not phone chat, and it's NOT easy for everyone to read your post.

Anyway, did you search and delete any my.ini file outside wamp folder?

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Yes, I agree about taking the time to be as clear as possible in the forums. Saves a lot of hair-pulling.

D'oh. Yes, I should have thought of that. JAMP installed a my.ini in my Windows directory. Since that location was on the Environment Variables path MySQL loaded that one first. Thanks so much for your help.

Everything is cool now, except my PhpMyAdmin has a weird issue: when it starts, the left hand pane doesn't have a select box of all my databases. Instead, they're all listed in an unordered list. When I select and load a specific database the select box appears with all the databases listed.

Since phpmyadmin already registered that old mysql and now it's not there, your phpmyadmin acts funny and I'm not sure if it's a way to fix this problem, so the only way I can think of is reinstall wamp, so if you don't have any data and db, uninstall wamp, remove/rename wamp folder, search and delete all wamp related registries, restart computer and reinstall wamp ;-)

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/04/2008 12:57AM by yfastud.

Thanks for your reply, but isn't there an easier way? : P I do have databases and I could just save them but I've installed about 5 WAMPs over the past few days, trying to find the best one (WampServer won!). While orphan install files is probably what's causing the problem, is it possible to just fix whatever's wrong with phpMyAdmin?

Through this forums, I've seen a lot of people had this problem but so far I've never seen any one post a solution for it yet :-(
you might try somewhere else

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Too bad. Well, thanks for your help on the other problem. You're an asset to this forum.

Aha. Easy!

In the phpMyAdmin config.inc.php file place this line:

$cfg['DisplayDatabasesList'] = false;

That's it.

He he... he he... ;-)

Good for you, but I'm not sure if it's the real fix for this issue or only applying for your case

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I believe it's the real fix, because the alternative to this, 'true', is to display the DBs in an unordered list.

[wiki.cihar.com]

Oh, I did NOT make it clear because what I meant is phpmyadmin detect the old mysql and have error when you already uninstall old one and have a new mysql

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