mysql in xampp starts and stops in five seconds

Question

I installed xampp in windows XP. I am able to start apache and tomcat. But when I start mysql, it gets started but stops after five seconds.

So, I am not able to w

Answer 1

I had a similar problem that was caused by the TCP port needed for one for the services already being used by another application. In my case it was Skype using ports 80 and 443 as fall-back.

You can check if any of the needed TCP ports are used by another application by running the following at the command prompt:

c:>netstat /a

The offending connection will be listed as "LISTENING" in state STATE column. Then it's up to you to figure out what application is using the port. There is a nice tool called portmon for that.

The ports you'll need are 80, 3360... (anyone can expand on this?)