Xampp MySQL not starting - “Attempting to start MySQL service…”

Question

I\'ve just installed XAMPP for Windows - should be the newest version (XAMPP Control Panel v3.2.1).

Apache is running just fine on port 80 and 443, but MySQL is not

Answer 1

I have the same problem. Finally found the solution:

The Relocate XAMPP option in the setup tool didn't correctly relocate the paths and corrupted them, but I've manually change the directories inside my.ini (base dir, data dir , ...). After that mysql started successfully.

Answer 2

I can share how I solved the problem in my case.

It seems that somehow I had mySQL Server 5.7 installed. It didn't show on Add/Remove Programs list in Windows tough so I wasn't aware of it. I marked that after I looked up the XAMPP log.

Just after XAMPP launched it has shown in the log that there is a conflict in mySQL and indicated the folder where my mySQL Server 5.7 is installed. I removed mySQL 5.7 manually from Program Files (x86) and ProgramData folder, restarted and XAMPP mySQL started normally then.

I've tried only stopping the mySQL service but for me it didn't work. Only manually deleting all mySQL 5.7 folders seemed to have helped.

Answer 3

One of many reasons is xampp cannot start MySQL service by itself. Everything you need to do is run mySQL service manually.

First, make sure that 'mysqld.exe' is not running, if have, end it. (go to Task Manager > Progresses Tab > right click 'mysqld.exe' > end task)

Open your services.msc by Run (press 'Window + R') > services.msc or 0n your XAMPP ControlPanel, click 'Services' button. Find 'MySQL' service, right click and run it.

Answer 4

In Windows, you should go: Start > Run > services.msc > Apache 2.4 > Properties > Start Mode > Automatic > Apply > Start > OK > [Same as MySQL]