STOP! Please do NOT delete
ibdata1
file!
How to handle this type of error appears in red color.
12:19:12 PM [mysql] Attempting to start MySQL app...
12:19:12 PM [mysql] Status change detected: running
12:19:13 PM [mysql] Status change detected: stopped
12:19:13 PM [mysql] Error: MySQL shutdown unexpectedly.
12:19:13 PM [mysql] This may be due to a blocked port, missing dependencies,
12:19:13 PM [mysql] improper privileges, a crash, or a shutdown by another method
12:19:13 PM [mysql] Press the Logs button to view error logs and check
12:19:13 PM [mysql] the Windows Event Viewer for more clues
12:19:13 PM [mysql] If you need more help, copy and post this
12:19:13 PM [mysql] entire log window on the forums
Instead, first, try using the MySQL backup folder which is included with XAMPP. So do the next:
mysql/data to any folder name.
mysql/data.
mysql/backup
to the new mysql/data
folder.mysql/data_old
to mysql/data
(skipping 4 folders the mysql
, performance_schema
, and phpmyadmin
folders from data_old
)ibdata1
file from the old folder and replace it inside mysql/data
folder