title: MySQL 5.6 - windows: deleted auto.cnf file accidentally unable to start server
body: <p>I have MySQL on windows 8.1 (64 bit). I accidentally deleted file auto.cnf from directory ProgramData\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.6\data</p>
  
  <p>Now when I am trying to start server getting error </p>
  
  <pre><code>E:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.6\bin&gt;mysqld --init-file=mysql-int1.txt --
  console
  2014-06-10 01:12:59 0 [Warning] TIMESTAMP with implicit DEFAULT value is depreca
  ted. Please use --explicit_defaults_for_timestamp server option (see documentati
  on for more details).
  2014-06-10 01:12:59 5004 [Note] Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled.
  2014-06-10 01:12:59 5004 [Note] InnoDB: Using atomics to ref count buffer pool p
  ages
  2014-06-10 01:12:59 5004 [Note] InnoDB: The InnoDB memory heap is disabled
  2014-06-10 01:12:59 5004 [Note] InnoDB: Mutexes and rw_locks use Windows interlo
  cked functions
  2014-06-10 01:12:59 5004 [Note] InnoDB: Compressed tables use zlib 1.2.3
  2014-06-10 01:12:59 5004 [Note] InnoDB: Not using CPU crc32 instructions
  2014-06-10 01:12:59 5004 [Note] InnoDB: Initializing buffer pool, size = 128.0M
  2014-06-10 01:12:59 5004 [Note] InnoDB: Completed initialization of buffer pool
  2014-06-10 01:12:59 5004 [Note] InnoDB: Highest supported file format is Barracu
  da.
  2014-06-10 01:13:00 5004 [Note] InnoDB: 128 rollback segment(s) are active.
  2014-06-10 01:13:00 5004 [Note] InnoDB: Waiting for purge to start
  2014-06-10 01:13:00 5004 [Note] InnoDB: 5.6.17 started; log sequence number 1626
  017
  error: Found option without preceding group in config file: .\auto.cnf at line:
  1
  Fatal error in defaults handling. Program aborted
  2014-06-10 01:13:00 5004 [ERROR] Initialzation of the server's UUID failed becau
  se it could not be read from the auto.cnf file. If this is a new server, the ini
  tialization failed because it was not possible to generate a new UUID.
  2014-06-10 01:13:00 5004 [ERROR] Aborting**
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Please suggest how can I recover</p>