1067 error on attempt to start MySQL

Question

I\'ve installed MySQL on Windows 7. When I\'m trying to start MySQL service I\'m getting error 1067: The process terminated unexpectedly. Log message:

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Answer 1

In my case, I had chosen a custom path for my log-files in the MySQL installer. I had put the log-files in my user-folder C:\Users\%MY_USERACCOUNT%\Documents\mysql-logs, and by default, NETWORK SERVICE (or any other non-administrator useraccount in Windows) does not have access to a user's folder.

I fixed this by changing security options for the log-folder, giving modify rights read/write/modify rights to NETWORK SERVICE.