xampp mysql error

Question

Hi ,

I get this error:

mysql service not started [-1] when i try to open the mysql admin .

I had xampp 1.7.2 installed before and it worked fine , now i installed 1.7 instead and it has this problem . how can i fix this ?

Thanks

Answer 1

I have worked with wampserver which is similar. I have a few questions also: did you uninstall before installing 1.7? Why did you revert from 1.7.2 to 1.7? Also did you restart all services (or the computer) before trying to open the admin?

I have had occasions when the sql service is in use by another process (in my case an SMTP server) and I forgot to shut it down during changes to my config, which resulted in problems. You may want to double check that nothing else is using the services and then perform a clean install.

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

I reverted because joomla does not seem to support php 5.3 , I did restart the pc before installing also tryed to install 2 xampp patches with no success .

thx !