Cannot start MongoDB: System error 1067 in Windows

Question

After setting up MongoDB service on Windows Server 2008 R2 this error was raised.

C:\\mongodb\\bin>net start MongoDB
The Mongo DB service is starting.
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Answer 1

I was facing the same issue and I closed the other command prompt which was opened with mongoDB.exe, and hence created a lock on that executable. Simply only closing that command prompt window worked fine. Thanks for the help.