How to fix Error: MySQL shutdown unexpectedly on Xampp due to Plugin 'Aria'
These were the logs: [ERROR] mysqld.exe: Aria recovery failed. Please run aria_chk -r on all Aria tables and delete all aria_log.######## files [ERROR] Plugin 'Aria' init function returned error. [ERROR] Plugin 'Aria' registration as a STORAGE ENGINE failed. The solution is Removing the aria_log_control file allowed MariaDB to start again. You can find this file in \xampp\mysql\data. Then restart or start xammp. If XAMPP generated following logs [Note] Plugin 'FEEDBACK' is disabled. [ERROR] j:\xampp\mysql\bin\mysqld.exe: unknown option '--skip-federated' [ERROR] Aborting Try to run MySQL with