Mysql service Error 2: the system cannot find the file specified
Posted on: June 21, 2007
Yesterday i tried to work on Mysql, but found that the mysql service was not started so i tried to figure it out the problem, i started the service from services mmc in windows xp i encountered an error: “Error 2: the system cannot find the file specified“.
I googled and didn’t find solution to that problem so i decided to find it out by myself.i checked my.ini file and also checked all the files in side bin directory then i found out the solution.
the file name of mysqld-nt.exe was renamed to mysqld-nt.exe~ i renamed it back to its original name and solved the problem. Hope this information is useful to others searching for this problem.
3 Responses to "Mysql service Error 2: the system cannot find the file specified"
January 6, 2010 at 5:51 pm
Thanks guys my mysqld-nt-max.exe was missing renamed the one mentioned above to the file my service is requesting and bingo works.
thanks for pointing me in right direction
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August 22, 2009 at 4:31 am
Thanks for the info.
I had the same error on my development pc – in the event viewer it showed that the specified file was mysqld-max.exe There was not a file by that name so I copied mysqld-nt.exe to mysqld-max.exe.
That worked.
I have no idea where the original went or why it would be named mysqld-max.exe
-Chris
August 22, 2009 at 3:51 pm
@Chris
Thanks. I am happy to know that it helped.