Hey there, let's get your WorkBench back up and running by fixing that misconfigured timeout setting. The exact location of the config file depends on your operating system—here's how to find it for each major OS:

Windows #

• Open File Explorer and head to this path (replace <YourUsername> with your actual Windows username):
  C:\Users\<YourUsername>\AppData\Roaming\MySQL\Workbench
• Look for the wb_options.xml file—this is where most of WorkBench's core settings are stored.
• Open it with a plain text editor like Notepad or VS Code (avoid rich text editors like Word, they can mess up the XML format).
• Search for the timeout setting you modified (it’ll likely be a key like db.connection_timeout or something similar tied to operation timeouts). Alternatively, just search for the value 1000000 to jump straight to the line.
• Change the value back to 86400, save the file, then try launching WorkBench again.

macOS #

• Open Finder, press Cmd + Shift + G to bring up the "Go to Folder" dialog, then paste this path:
  ~/Library/Application Support/MySQL/Workbench
• Locate the wb_options.xml file here.
• Open it with TextEdit, but first switch to plain text mode: go to Format > Make Plain Text to avoid corrupting the XML.
• Find the timeout key you adjusted (or search for 1000000), set its value back to 86400, save the changes, then restart WorkBench.

Linux #

• Open a terminal window and navigate to the WorkBench config directory with this command:
  cd ~/.mysql/workbench/
• The config file you need is wb_options.xml. Edit it with a terminal text editor like nano (easy for beginners):
  nano wb_options.xml
• Use the search function (Ctrl+W in nano) to look for 1000000—this will take you directly to the problematic timeout value.
• Change it to 86400, save the file (press Ctrl+O, hit Enter, then Ctrl+X to exit nano), then try starting WorkBench again.

Quick Tip #

If you’re unsure which key corresponds to the timeout, don’t worry—searching for 1000000 will lead you right to the line you modified earlier. Just make sure you only change that specific value to avoid breaking other settings.

内容的提问来源于stack exchange，提问作者Trevor Daniel