Oracle 5.0 Reference Manual page 103

Installing MySQL on Microsoft Windows Using a
• Next select the Advanced tab from the System Properties menu that appears, and click the
Environment Variables button.
• Under System Variables, select Path, and then click the Edit button. The Edit System Variable
dialogue should appear.
• Place your cursor at the end of the text appearing in the space marked Variable Value. (Use the
End key to ensure that your cursor is positioned at the very end of the text in this space.) Then enter
the complete path name of your MySQL
\MySQL Server
Dismiss this dialogue, and each dialogue in turn, by clicking OK until all of the dialogues that were
opened have been dismissed. You should now be able to invoke any MySQL executable program
by typing its name at the DOS prompt from any directory on the system, without having to supply
the path. This includes the servers, the
mysqladmin
You should not add the MySQL
MySQL servers on the same machine.
2.10.4.7. Starting MySQL as a Windows Service
On Windows, the recommended way to run MySQL is to install it as a Windows service, whereby
MySQL starts and stops automatically when Windows starts and stops. A MySQL server installed as
a service can also be controlled from the command line using
utility. Generally, to install MySQL as a Windows service you should be logged in using an
Services
account that has administrator rights.
The
Services
Control Panel (under Administrative Tools on Windows 2000, XP, Vista, and Server 2003). To avoid
conflicts, it is advisable to close the
operations from the command line.
Before installing MySQL as a Windows service, you should first stop the current server if it is running
by using the following command:
shell> "C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\bin\mysqladmin"
-u root shutdown
This command invokes the MySQL administrative utility
and tell it to shut down. The command connects as the MySQL
administrative account in the MySQL grant system. Note that users in the MySQL grant system are
wholly independent from any login users under Windows.
Install the server as a service using this command:
5.0\bin)
Note
There must be a semicolon separating this path from any values present in
this field.
and mysqldump.
bin
Warning
You must exercise great care when editing your system
accidental deletion or modification of any portion of the existing
leave you with a malfunctioning or even unusable system.
utility (the Windows
Service Control
Services
Note
If the MySQL
root
with the
mysqladmin
noinstall
directory (for example,
bin
client, and all MySQL command-line utilities such as
mysql
directory to your Windows
Manager) can be found in the Windows
utility while performing server installation or removal
user account has a password, you need to invoke
option and supply the password when prompted.
-p
mysqladmin
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C:\Program Files\MySQL
if you are running multiple
PATH
by hand;
PATH
PATH
commands, or with the graphical
NET
to connect to the server
user, which is the default
root
value can