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 today. I did try removing everything from C:\MAMP\db\mysql\ and tried to restart MAMP & servers. But it failed.

Then I noticed the following error in the mysql log file /MAMP/logs/mysql_error_log.err

[error] Cannot open windows event_log ; check privileges

This basically means that you don't have sufficient access.

So

• I replaced all the files that I originally deleted
• shutdown the server & MAMP.
• Now right click on the MAMP icon & choose run as administrator
• Now it starts up normally