mysql in xampp starts and stops in five seconds

Question

I installed xampp in windows XP. I am able to start apache and tomcat. But when I start mysql, it gets started but stops after five seconds.

So, I am not able to w

Answer 1

I'm not sure if this will also work for your case, but it surely did for me, and I've yet to encounter the answer here.

go to Xampp/mysql/bin/my.ini

add the following line:

innodb_force_recovery = 1 

(I think anything > 0 works here, also... it might be handy to make a backup of the file just to be on the safe side.)

You should now be able to successfully start your mySQL service.