MySQL Server on MAMP-Windows Will Not Start

Question

I am using MAMP 4.1 on Windows 10 and cannot get MySQL server to start. When I uninstalled MAMP and re-installed it MySQL server starts up, but when I stop it, it will not s

Answer 1

I had the same problem. I contacted mamp support, and their answer was the following; it worked for me. Hope this helps you too. Stop all servers in MAMP.

The below assumes your MAMP installation directory is C:\MAMP\.

For MAMP:

• With Windows Explorer go to folder C:\MAMP\db\mysql\
• First backup all files that begin with mysql-bin.*, then delete them (including mysql-bin.index file.)
• Then try starting all MAMP servers again (wait for MySQL to turn light on).
• After that stop all MAMP servers again.
• You'll now try to disable binary log-bin in MAMP (or MAMP PRO)
• Open up MySQL configuration file in text editor of your choice: C:\MAMP\conf\mysql\my.ini
• Find following text: log-bin
• Comment this line by adding # character at start of line.

  #log-bin=mysql-bin
  

• Save and restart servers
• After that put the mysql-bin.* files back in their place.