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

This worked for me,

1. quit the XAMPP

2. cut the All files in C:\xampp\mysql\backup

3. paste and replace files in C:\xampp\mysql\data

4. run as administrator the XAMPP

Answer 2

This is an alternate solution instead of solving the above problem. I think you used windows installer for xampp, instead of that Download the zip file and keep it under c:\xampp. Use this link for downloading in zip format.

http://www.apachefriends.org/download.php?xampp-win32-1.7.7-VC9.zip

If you feel the zip file format is huge. Use 7zip file format.

http://www.apachefriends.org/download.php?xampp-win32-1.7.7-VC9.7z

Earlier I used to have same problem, solved it in this way.