Disable secure priv for data loading on MySQL

Question

I\'m running MySQL 5.7 on a Windows 10 machine. I\'ve read through all the SO threads on this topic and still haven\'t figured out how to get my data to load and get past th

Answer 1

Note that under Windows setting the 'secure_file_priv' to a different path or disabling it altogether by setting it to:

secure_file_priv=""

may not work if the MySQL service is running on a low-privilege account (default 5.7 installation). You can change that by selecting the "Local System account" in the Services under Properties -> Log On.