MySQL's lower_case_table_names won't change

Question

I have a problem with changing lower_case_table_names variable value in MySQL 5.6 ... I did all that says in Where to change the value of lower_case_table_names=2 on windows xampp.

The default value on my Windows 7 is '1'. I want to switch it to '2'.

Tried several ways, what I did is:

1. Edited C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.6\my-default.ini by adding lower_case_table_names = 2 to wherever I could (without # symbol ofc)
2. Copied my-default.ini and pasted to the same directory, but renamed to my.ini
3. Copied my.ini to \bin folder
4. Restarted MySQL56 service couple times

Now, when I read "SELECT @@lower_case_table_names" it still says 1, and my db behaves like it is 1...

Any ideas?

Solution

I solved this with a file I found under

C:\ProgramData\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.6\my.ini

So, it was ProgramData, not Program Files. I got this path from MySQL Workbench -> Manage Server Instances -> [tab] System Profile -> Configuration File. Guess this is the place where one should look for the current config filepath.

Comments

[dynamiclynk]

You may need to enable show operating system files to see the ProgramData folder. Start > Run > "RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Options_RunDLL 0" > View > Uncheck Hide protected operating system files Also you will need to restart the MySQL Service instance from Windows services.

[HerrimanCoder]

Why do they DO this?? Wouldn't it be better for everyone if they put my.ini in the MySQL install folder?? I spent half hour finding this bloody file.