MySQL Workbench FIX: Cannot start SSH tunnel manager error — even when using TCP/IP connections

I recently ran into this problem when I updated to the newest version of Tortoise SVN. This error was happening every time I tried to connect to a server, even if I wasn’t using SSH. So apparently when you update your SVN and it’s one that uses Python it sometimes removes a necessary system environment variable. So there are two potential solutions but only the second one worked for me.

Solution One – Fix the system environment variable

1. Go to your start menu and right click on My Computer
2. Select properties
3. Click on the advanced tab
4. Click on the Environment Variables button at the bottom
5. In the system variables look for one that says PYTHONHOME
6. If you find it, update the path to the location of where you installed workbench, to the python folder. For instance mine is C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Workbench 5.2 CE\python
7. If you don’t find it, then you need to add one with a variable name of PYTHONHOME and the path to the python folder in workbench
8. Hit OK when you’re done
9. Restart your computer

Solution Two – Uninstall and re-install MySQL Workbench

This is the only one that worked for me so I think my SVN changed more than just my system variable. Once I re-installed MySQL Workbench it and SVN were worked without problems.

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