@ECHO OFF “C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\bin\mysql.exe” “–defaults-file=C:\Program Files\ MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\my.ini” “-uroot” “-pPASSWORD” The above was copied from a working batch file, but, failed to work when I tired it recently. The following worked: @ECHO OFF cd “C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\bin\” mysql.exe “–defaults-file=C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\my.ini” “-uroot” “-pYOUR_PASSWORD” Update For reasons I don’t understand, that … Continue reading MySQL on XP – auto login batch file