GOM

Just to provide you with some additional information that might help with any investigation your are doing. I have exactly the same problem as described in this topic. I am running Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit. The problem also manifests itself when trying to change the MySQL password using the Configurations option. This all makes sense if it's something to do with PHP not communicating with the server. The change password page text box is populated with the contents of the password file, but when the Change button is submitted, the page refreshes (taking over a minute) and eventually displays the Cannot read the file message. Installing version 5.3 everything works fine. Thanks.