Friday, October 8, 2010

Uninstall MySQL on windows

If you run into trouble and want to start over. Follows these steps ot uninstall MySQL:
1. Open the Control Panel and Choose Add or Remove Programs. Find the MySQL 5.0 OR MySQL 5.1 entry and choose the UNINSTALL/REMOVE button.
2. After it uninstalls, click on Start-->Run . Type "regedit". Open
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE --> SOFTWARE-->MySQL AB
Delete MySQL AB if it exists
3. Go to C:\Program Files . Look for "MySQL" Folder and delete it
Restart your system. Now you should be able to re-install MySQL .

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