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Server: WindowzXP - Apache2 - MySQL 4.01 - gl1.4.0sr5

On Windowz, by default, MySQLServer installs to a folder that includes _spaces_ in the name.

In order to shell an .exe in windowz, that includes _spaces_ in the path, you must enclose the entire path with quotes. i.e.
"C:/Program Files/MySQL/MySQL Server 4.1/bin/mysqldump.exe"

config.php doesn't properly handle $_DB_mysqldump_path = ' "C:/Program Files/MySQL/MySQL Server 4.1/bin/mysqldump.exe" '; and chokes with 'Backup Error: Bad path or mysqldump does not exist'

solution:
copy mysqldump.exe to a location that contains NO spaces in the path, i.e. M:/MySQLStuff

now you can declare in config.php
$_DB_mysqldump_path = 'M:/MySQLStuff/mysqldump.exe';
and the dump works as designed.