the MySQL service on local computer started and then stopped

Question

the MySQL service on local computer started and then stopped. Some services stop automatically if they are not in use by other services or programs.

Can anyone resol

Answer 1

If you came across this while installing WAMP64 on Windows 10. Check if data folder in MySQL folder is missing. My WAMP 3.2.3 version installation failed to create such a folder. So wamp icon was orange (1 of 2 services running).

A quick fix was to run this command from MySQL location.

C:\wamp64\bin\mysql\mysql5.7.31\bin\
mysqld --initialize-insecure