Question : How to configure MySQL service to execute an opional my.ini file after the default ini file has been loaded

I've been trying to set a way for the MySQL Service running on Windows XP to load an optional ini file during start up once the default ini file has been loaded.

Has anyone done this before?

Answer : How to configure MySQL service to execute an opional my.ini file after the default ini file has been loaded

This is a snippet from that link explaining the load order of options files under Windows environments:

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On Windows, MySQL programs read startup options from the following files:
 
Filename 	                        Purpose
WINDIR\my.ini, WINDIR\my.cnf            Global options
C:\my.ini, C:\my.cnf                    Global options
INSTALLDIR\my.ini, INSTALLDIR\my.cnf    Global options
defaults-extra-file                     The file specified with --defaults-extra-file=path, if any
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