Node Location causes error when creating/editing content types

I upgraded my site to Drupal 7, and noticed that now when I edit or add content types I receive an error (included below). Trial and error has narrowed the culprit down to Node Location; when I enable the Node Location sub-module the errors start, and when I disable it they go away. I even tried uninstalling the Node Location module and then enabling it fresh, but the error still occurs. Here is the error message I receive when adding/editing content types with Node Location enabled:

PDOException: SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 2006 MySQL server has gone away: SELECT * FROM {menu_router} WHERE path IN (:ancestors_0, :ancestors_1, :ancestors_2, :ancestors_3, :ancestors_4, :ancestors_5, :ancestors_6) ORDER BY fit DESC LIMIT 0, 1; Array ( [:ancestors_0] => location/autocomplete/ca [:ancestors_1] => location/autocomplete/% [:ancestors_2] => location/%/ca [:ancestors_3] => location/%/% [:ancestors_4] => location/autocomplete [:ancestors_5] => location/% [:ancestors_6] => location ) in menu_get_item() (line 450 of C:\xampp\htdocs\includes\menu.inc).