Removing service?

[Guest]

Hi,

I made an error while installing a new service on my XP home, SP2. I need to
remove the accompanying service. How can I do that?

Background:
I'm installing MySQL on my system, and had to redo it. The result is I now
have a MySQL service in my services list which has the wrong parameters.

For instance, the path to the executable is set to:
C:\MySQL\MySQL_Server_5.0\bin\mysqld-nt"
--defaults-file="C:\MySQL\MySQL_Server_5.0\my.ini" MySQL

When I wanted to add the new MySQL service to my list of services I got the
message:
The service already exists!
The current server installed: "C:\MySQL\MySQL_Server_5.0\bin\mysqld-nt"
--defaul
ts-file="C:\MySQL\MySQL_Server_5.0\my.ini" MySQL

The big question is how can I remove this obsolete service, so I can add the
right one.

TIA,
Michel

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Hi,

I made an error while installing a new service on my XP home, SP2. I need to
remove the accompanying service. How can I do that?

Background:
I'm installing MySQL on my system, and had to redo it. The result is I now
have a MySQL service in my services list which has the wrong parameters.

For instance, the path to the executable is set to:
C:\MySQL\MySQL_Server_5.0\bin\mysqld-nt"
--defaults-file="C:\MySQL\MySQL_Server_5.0\my.ini" MySQL

When I wanted to add the new MySQL service to my list of services I got the
message:
The service already exists!
The current server installed: "C:\MySQL\MySQL_Server_5.0\bin\mysqld-nt"
--defaul
ts-file="C:\MySQL\MySQL_Server_5.0\my.ini" MySQL

The big question is how can I remove this obsolete service, so I can add the
right one.

TIA,
Michel

You can delete its key from here:
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services,
then reboot the machine.