How to fix Error: MySQL shutdown unexpectedly on Xampp due to Plugin 'Aria'

Question

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.

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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 the following command

**mysqld.exe --skip-federated**

Hope this helps!! Good Luck!!