problem with MySQL installation : template configuration file cannot be found
- by user35389
Trying to install MySQL onto the Windows XP machine. While going through the installation steps (in the "MySQL Server Instance Config. Wizard"), I get to a point where it the window reads: 
MySQL Server Instance Configuration (bold header) 
Choose the configuration for the server instance. 
Ready to execute... 
o Prepare configuration 
o Write configuration file 
o Start service 
o Apply security settings (this line is greyed out) 
Please press [Execute] to start the configuration. 
[ Back ] [ Execute ] [ Cancel ] 
So I press execute, and then a red X appears in the second step: 
  Write configuration file 
and at the bottom, where it originally said: 
  Please press [Execute] to start the configuration. 
It now says: 
The template configuration file cannot be found at C:\Program 
Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\bin\my-template.cnf 
I'm unsure what it means, but I canceled the config wizard and looked in the directory that had been created (C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0). 
There are some configuration settings files, and there are 4 folders: 
bin 
data 
Docs 
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