Plugin 'InnoDB' registration as a STORAGE ENGINE failed (1 reply)

I am installing MySQL 5.5.20 on Windows server 2003. The installation was smooth until it gets to the Configuration.

mysql-server-5.5-win32:6 - Looking for valid template
mysql-server-5.5-win32:13 - Found valid template.
mysql-server-5.5-win32:20 - Attempting to process template.
mysql-server-5.5-win32:26 - Processed template.
mysql-server-5.5-win32:33 - Attempting to configure service.
mysql-server-5.5-win32:40 - Configured service.
mysql-server-5.5-win32:46 - Attempting to start service.
mysql-server-5.5-win32:100 - Unable to configure service.
mysql-server-5.5-win32:100 - Product configuration controller finished configuration.


I extracted following from the event viewer.

Plugin 'InnoDB' init function returned error.
Plugin 'InnoDB' registration as a STORAGE ENGINE failed.
Unknown/unsupported storage engine: INNODB
Aborting
D:\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\bin\mysqld: Shutdown complete

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Any help is greatly appreciated.

...Joe