Windows could not start mongodb service on local computer. For more info., review the System Event Log

Question

I am using Windows 32-bit machine and tried to start MongoDB service from Windows > services as shown below.

However, I am unable to start the MongoDB service from it and throws the following error.

When I try using cmd prompt, I am getting the following error:

Network Failed to connect to 127.0.0.1:27017, reason: errno:10061 No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.

Error: Couldn't connect to server 127.0.0.1:27017 <127.0.0.1>, connection attempt failed.

Answer 1

I had same an issue.

Try to remove mongod.lock file from your Mongo data directory.

For example mine is "C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Data\mongod.lock" and after deleting file start the MongoDB service and it's work like charm.

Answer 2

So I just had the same problem, running on Windows 10. The reason why MongoDB didn't start was because the path to the data and logs was not correctly set. This has already been pointed out, but my solution is different. Look in C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\4.0\bin (or wherever your mongoDB is installed). There is a config file called mongod.cfg. Check that

storage:
  dbPath:

and

systemLog:
  path:  

Is set to what you want. In my case, it was using environment variables %MONGODBPATH% or similar that was not set by Windows. By default, the log and data should point to C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\4.0\data and C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\4.0\log\mongod.log respectively.