1067 error on attempt to start MySQL

Question

I\'ve installed MySQL on Windows 7. When I\'m trying to start MySQL service I\'m getting error 1067: The process terminated unexpectedly. Log message:

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Answer 1

One more thing that prevents the mysqld windows service from running is if you have mysqld.exe already running (but not as a service) and occupying port 3306. When the service tries to start and sees that port 3306 is already taken, it fails.

Just open up the windows task manager and look for "mysqld.exe" under the Processes tab. If you see it, kill it and then try to start the service again.

c:\> net start [servicename]

example: c:\> net start MySQL