Installation issues on Windows

To resolve this, download, click and install vc_redist.x64.exe and then install 10.4.13.

Unsupported Versions of Windows

On Windows Vista/7 , changes to database or my.ini are not persistent, when mysqld.exe is run from the command line.

The reason for this behavior is Vista/Win7 file system redirection. Writes to protected locations (in this case a subdirectory of Program Files) are redirected to the user's so-called "Virtual Store".

Workarounds:

• Run mysqld.exe as service. See answer here on how to create a MariaDB service.

• Run mysqld.exe from the elevated command prompt.

• Change the ACL of the data directory and add full control for the current user.

Systems with User Account Control

Running mysql_install_db.exe from a standard command prompt might cause the error:

FATAL ERROR: OpenSCManager failed

To get rid of it, use the elevated command prompt, for example on Windows 7 start it via 'Run as administrator' option.

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