Xampp Mysql wont start

Question

I have read all the posts about this none fix it? please help ive even tryed re-installing my computer and reinstalling xampp

Errors:

00:33:43  [mysql]   Problem detected!
00:33:43  [mysql]   Port 3306 in use by ""C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\bin\mysqld" --defaults-file="C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\my.ini" MySQL"!
00:33:43  [mysql]   MySQL WILL NOT start without the configured ports free!
00:33:43  [mysql]   You need to uninstall/disable/reconfigure the blocking application
00:33:43  [mysql]   or reconfigure MySQL and the Control Panel to listen on a different port
00:33:43  [mysql]   Attempting to start MySQL service...

Then i get a user account control to allow changes when i try to start mysql? something to do with net.exe? in C:\Windows, im not sure of the rest of the directory

If i say no to the user account cocntrol then it says this 00:33:49 [mysql] There may be an error, return code: 1223 - The operation was cancelled by the user.

If i say yes nothing happens? Apparently its windows 5.1 erroring? but the directory doesnt even exist? i deleted it all from Program Files and Program Files (x86), Also uninstalled all mysql components? Any thoughts

Answer 1

I had the same problem. I was using standalone MySQl for Java, and then I install XAMPP even after uninstalling stand-alone MySQL, XAMPP MySQL wouldn't start. The problem is even after uninstalling MySQL MySQL service is normally still in the registry. The solution is to remove MySQL service from registry. The easiest way to do this, run XAMP-control in Administrator mode, and remove MySQL from service list and start MySQL again. That's it