System Error: MySql is not a Valid Win32 Application

[Wade]

06142004 1512 GMT-6

I downloaded the database software a few days ago but have run into one
problem after another. Through many different tutorials I have sought
answers but today, having realized that I have looked in Event Viewer, I
found a (what is to me) a potentially serious problem:
Date: 06142004
Time 14:28:42
Type: Error
Source: Service Control Manager
Event ID: 7000
Description: The MySql service failed to start due to the following
error: MySql is not a valid Win32 application.

Ok. Im on XP and I have had Mysql working previously. Now, I cant get my
old version to install, the new version to install, and I am unsure as
to why this is occurring.

Any possible help would be much appreciated.

Wade

[Wade]

06142004 1933 GMT-6

I did some searching. I did find two messages within this group but, the
only advice was to try to run as a stand alone - I did and it failed -
and to check the MS SCM. The path is correct.

I did some further checking at MS and found that under NT, a Event ID of
7000 was fairly common. I checked out what to do and I did discover that
within the registry under services>mysql the type is a 16bit app - not
32 bit.

Now, I know that a 0x000000 10 (16) is Hex and then Dec so, 0x000000 20
(32) would be a Hex / Dec 32 bit. Im not going to make this change
without some further investigation but, that is what I found.

I have searched many other groups but with no help on this issue.

Wade


06142004 1512 GMT-6

I downloaded the database software a few days ago but have run into one
problem after another. Through many different tutorials I have sought
answers but today, having realized that I have looked in Event Viewer, I
found a (what is to me) a potentially serious problem:
Date: 06142004
Time 14:28:42
Type: Error
Source: Service Control Manager
Event ID: 7000
Description: The MySql service failed to start due to the following
error: MySql is not a valid Win32 application.

Ok. Im on XP and I have had Mysql working previously. Now, I cant get my
old version to install, the new version to install, and I am unsure as
to why this is occurring.

Any possible help would be much appreciated.

Wade

[PF: MySQL]

Post by Wade
I downloaded the database software a few days ago but have
run into one
problem after another. Through many different tutorials I have sought

Sounds to me like maybe the download is corrupt. Disable any "download
manager" software you have running and try it again.

-Kevin

[Wade]

06142004 2204 GMT-6

Ok. I tried downloading a different version - twice - from two different
locations.
This I went looking again for more answers and I foun this:

/ Event ID 7000 and "%1 Is Not a Valid Win32 Application" Error Message
When You Start a Service
View products that this article applies to.
SYMPTOMS
One or more of the services that are installed on your computer do not
start, and one of the following issues occurs:

* You receive the following error message:
Error 193: %1 is not a valid Win32 application.
-and-
* The following event is logged in the System event log for each service
that does not start:

Event ID: 7000
Source: Service Control Manager
Type: Error
Description:
The ServiceName service failed to start due to the following error: %1
is not a valid Win32 application.

CAUSE
This issue may occur if the path of the executable file for the service
contains spaces.

When Windows starts a service, it parses the path of the service from
left to right. If both of the following conditions are true:

* The path of a service’s executable file contains spaces.
* There is a file or folder on your computer’s hard disk that has the
same name as a file or folder in the path to the service's executable file.

Windows may locate and try to run the file or folder before it locates
and runs the executable file for the service.

For example, if the path of the executable file for a service is
C:\Program Files\MyProgram\MyService.exe, and if a folder that is named
C:\Program also exists on your hard disk, Windows locates the C:\Program
folder on your hard disk before the C:\Program Files\MyProgram\My
Service.exe file, and then tries to run it.
RESOLUTION
WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious
problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system.
Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from
using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.
To resolve this issue, add quotation marks around the following value in
the Windows registry, where <ServiceName> is the name of the service:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\<ServiceName>\ImagePath
The ImagePath value contains the path of the executable file for the
service. To add quotation marks around the ImagePath value for a service:

1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK.
3. Locate, and then click the following registry entry, where
<ServiceName> is the name of the service:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\<ServiceName>.
For example, if the service is named MyService, locate the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MyService key.
4. In the right pane, double-click ImagePath.
5. In the Value data box, add quotation marks around the complete path
of the executable file for the service.

For example, if the path of the MyService service is C:\Program
Files\MyProgram\MyService.exe, change the entry in the Value data box
for the MyService service to the following

"C:\Program Files\MyProgram\MyService.exe"
6. Click OK, and then quit Registry Editor./


So, I changed my path. I created a new folder and installed my services.
BAM! It worked. I have a C:\Web Dev\ folder I was using for testing and
the space between web and dev was the problem.

Wade

Post by PF: MySQL

Post by Wade
I downloaded the database software a few days ago but have
run into one
problem after another. Through many different tutorials I have sought

Sounds to me like maybe the download is corrupt. Disable any "download
manager" software you have running and try it again.
-Kevin

[Wade]

06152004 0601 GMT-6

06142004 2204 GMT-6

Ok. I tried downloading a different version - twice - from two different
locations.
This I went looking again for more answers and I foun this:

/ Event ID 7000 and "%1 Is Not a Valid Win32 Application" Error Message
When You Start a Service
View products that this article applies to.
SYMPTOMS
One or more of the services that are installed on your computer do not
start, and one of the following issues occurs:

* You receive the following error message:
Error 193: %1 is not a valid Win32 application.
-and-
* The following event is logged in the System event log for each service
that does not start:

Event ID: 7000
Source: Service Control Manager
Type: Error
Description:
The ServiceName service failed to start due to the following error: %1
is not a valid Win32 application.

CAUSE
This issue may occur if the path of the executable file for the service
contains spaces.

When Windows starts a service, it parses the path of the service from
left to right. If both of the following conditions are true:

* The path of a service’s executable file contains spaces.
* There is a file or folder on your computer’s hard disk that has the
same name as a file or folder in the path to the service's executable file.

Windows may locate and try to run the file or folder before it locates
and runs the executable file for the service.

For example, if the path of the executable file for a service is
C:\Program Files\MyProgram\MyService.exe, and if a folder that is named
C:\Program also exists on your hard disk, Windows locates the C:\Program
folder on your hard disk before the C:\Program Files\MyProgram\My
Service.exe file, and then tries to run it.
RESOLUTION
WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious
problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system.
Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from
using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.
To resolve this issue, add quotation marks around the following value in
the Windows registry, where <ServiceName> is the name of the service:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\<ServiceName>\ImagePath

The ImagePath value contains the path of the executable file for the
service. To add quotation marks around the ImagePath value for a service:

1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK.
3. Locate, and then click the following registry entry, where
<ServiceName> is the name of the service:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\<ServiceName>.
For example, if the service is named MyService, locate the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MyService key.
4. In the right pane, double-click ImagePath.
5. In the Value data box, add quotation marks around the complete path
of the executable file for the service.

For example, if the path of the MyService service is C:\Program
Files\MyProgram\MyService.exe, change the entry in the Value data box
for the MyService service to the following

"C:\Program Files\MyProgram\MyService.exe"
6. Click OK, and then quit Registry Editor./


So, I changed my path. I created a new folder and installed my services.
BAM! It worked. I have a C:\Web Dev\ folder I was using for testing and
the space between web and dev was the problem.

Wade