MySQL Workbench error while accessing configuration

After installing MySQL Community Server 5.59 (64bit) and MySQL Workbench 5.2.31a and setting it up I try accessing the db's configuration and receive the following error:

Configuration file 'C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\my.ini' can not be found. New file will be created on apply of changes.

I click OK. Then when trying to apply any开发者_高级运维 change I get a second IO Error for not being able to write to the file.

It figures as my installation is at C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5 and not at C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0. But why does Workbench search there?

I had the same issue with MySQL Server 5.7 and MySQL Workbench 6.3. The solution is quite simple.

1. Open MySQL Workbench or switch to the home page with the connections
2. Click the small tool icon next to the label MySQL Connections
3. The Manage Server Connections dialog appears
4. Select the connection from the list of MySQL Connections
5. The Connection data for this connection appear to the right
6. Switch from the Connection tab to System Profile
7. Change the entry in the Configuration File field
8. Click the Close button and you are done

In my case all I had to do is to change the entry from:
%ProgramFiles%\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\my.ini
to
%ProgramData%\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.7\my.ini

Try: You can change the base directory in

Server Administration-> Manager Server Instances > Local MySQL >system Profile > Configuration file : <your dir>\my.ini (Click the directory)

You need to create a New Server Instance in server administration section of Workbench. There you will be able to specify your .ini file location.

Your Server instance is registered wrong.

When you create new server instance for server administration in workbench, there is a selected option, e.g.:

Mysql Installation Type: Window(MySQL5.0 x64 Installer Package)

If you selected a wrong one with your current OS and Server installation, it would result an incorrect base path mapping.

To solve your issue, you can change the base directory in Server Administration-> Logging the instance -> Configuration Menu -> Configuration -> General: 1) Click the base directory checkbox 2) Input the path e.g.

"C:/Program Files/MySQL/MySQL Server 5.1/"

3) Click the data directory checkbox 4) Input the path e.g.

"C:/Documents and Settings/All Users/Application Data/MySQL/MySQL Server 5.1/Data/"

Jonathan, when I looked upon your question for which I was originally searching I found the answer few minutes later.

To connect them as you already probably know but a lost soul may learn from this is that the configuration file we are talking about is not presented inside MySQL. It is located in

C:\Program Files (x86)\wamp\alias

Of course, figure it out for ourselves where your wamp is located if you are using it. In my case the desired file was in alias folder.

I hope this would help someone with my case.

Best regards and blessings.