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Hello,

I'm currently running Xampp 1.6.6 on Windows XP SP2, and having some trouble with SQL. I can get Apache to start fine but whenever I run MySQL the service is enabled for a few seconds then closes again. All required ports are open and I've tried removing any sticking services (from here).
So, now im stuck basically. Help is appreciated.

Can you start MySQL with the batchfile "mysql_start.bat"?

Yes, that works fine.

EDIT: So this is the standalone client, correct? (Sorry it's early here.) Does this give any ideas why the normal method isn't working?

Does this give any ideas why the normal method isn't working?

There is something wrong with your service registation (You have made an XAMPP upgrade, or have had on older MySQL server?).

You can delete your old service with "sc delete MySQL" and register it new with "mysql_installservice.bat".

Alright, that's fixed it, everything seems to be stable now.

Thank you for your help.