MySQL Installer Stuck on "Starting Service"

Question

I recently had a successful install of MySQL 5.6.21 using the MySQL installer on Windows Server 2012 R2. I needed to make some modifications and tried to re-install.

Now MySQL is hanging on "Starting Service".

I've tried the following:

• Uninstall using Control Panel
• Delete Service using "sc delete MySQL56"
• Delete all MySQL files from "Program Files" & "c:\programdata"

Has anyone seen this problem? If so, how were you able to fix it?

Answer 1

I just had that very same problem on Windows 7 pro 64 bit with latest mysql-installer-web-community-5.6.23.0.msi installer and I resolved it this way

Installer stuck because user who is supposed to start service is set erroneously.

Answer 2

TURN OFF WINDOWS FIREWALL COMPLETELY BEFORE INSTALLING

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This was one of the only threads I could find on this issue and the current answers did not cut the mustard for me.

MySQL 5.6.21, both x86 and x64, did not want to get past "Starting Server" and would give me the "MySQL install taking longer than expected" message.

I tried all of the registry cleaner, folder deletions, etc to no avail.

I am running Windows 7 x64 and I finally decided to check the event viewer to find this:

0x80070422 turns out to be some unspecified firewall error and boom, it struck me like lightning.

I hope this post helps future visitors!