WampServer

I have had wampserver running locally on this computer a number of times with no problem but now with new installations whenever I try to access phpMyAdmin in either Wampserver release 2.0h or 2.0i i get the following error messages

Sql Query

(Red X) Show Plugins

MySQL said:
#1 - Can't create/write to file 'C:\WampServer2\bin\apache\Apache2.2.11\htdocs\2.4.1\tmp\#sql4b4_1_2.MYI' (Errcode: 2)

It looks like its looking for a previous installation that is no longer there. Any help would be much appreciated.

EDIT 17/8/09

I have googled and searched and read - till the twitching, cause i can't find an answer, is driving me mad....

Here is the MySql log from the machine i can't access phpmyadmin

090816 23:08:07 [Note] wampmysqld: Normal shutdown

090816 23:08:07 [Note] Event Scheduler: Purging the queue. 0 events
090816 23:08:07 [Warning] Forcing shutdown of 1 plugins
090816 23:08:07 [Note] wampmysqld: Shutdown complete

090816 23:29:54 [Note] Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled.
090816 23:29:54 InnoDB: Error: unable to create temporary file; errno: 2
090816 23:29:54 [ERROR] Plugin 'InnoDB' init function returned error.
090816 23:29:54 [ERROR] Plugin 'InnoDB' registration as a STORAGE ENGINE failed.
090816 23:29:55 [Note] Event Scheduler: Loaded 0 events
090816 23:29:55 [Note] wampmysqld: ready for connections.
Version: '5.1.36-community-log' socket: '' port: 3306 MySQL Community Server (GPL)


And here is the MySql log from another machine where everything is running fine

090816 23:43:29 [Note] wampmysqld: Normal shutdown

090816 23:43:29 [Note] Event Scheduler: Purging the queue. 0 events
090816 23:43:29 InnoDB: Starting shutdown...
090816 23:43:29 InnoDB: Shutdown completed; log sequence number 0 5824243
090816 23:43:29 [Warning] Forcing shutdown of 1 plugins
090816 23:43:29 [Note] wampmysqld: Shutdown complete

090816 23:43:41 [Note] Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled.
090816 23:43:41 InnoDB: Started; log sequence number 0 5824243
090816 23:43:41 [Note] Event Scheduler: Loaded 0 events
090816 23:43:41 [Note] wampmysqld: ready for connections.
Version: '5.1.36-community-log' socket: '' port: 3306 MySQL Community Server (GPL)


I've completely uninstalled and reinstalled wampserver (more than once) - so it's not some action i've taken by mistake - if i had uninstall/reinstall would have sorted that

I've emptied all the temp directories on the C drive and private data from firefox to see if there is information held in memory somewhere that is causing the problem - but that's not made an ounce of difference.

Have i deleted a temp directory somewhere else on the hard drive that the program is trying to write to but can't find? I don't remember doing that but i could have...

I know nothing but my guess would be something to do with the plugins

Can anyone point me in the right direction, i've read loads, i'm seeing double - please help



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/17/2009 01:11AM by sirius60.

Above where i wrote.....
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> It looks like its looking for a previous
> installation that is no longer there.

I was heading in the right direction.

I found this thread forum.wampserver.com/read.php?2,51587

Where toumimi suggests searching for any other instances of my.ini and removing them. I did a search and found a my.ini in windows. I deleted the file, uninstalled wampserver, rebooted the computer, reinstalled wampserver and all is now working fine.

Thank you to toumimi and all the other forums users who are there helping us find our way