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I resolved this problem this way:

-If you haven't installed mysql as a service yet, do that by running c:\xampp\mysql\mysql_installservice.bat
-Go to the Services Panel (amongst other ways, you can use Start->Run services.msc)
-Find the mysql service, right-click and go to Properties
-on the Log On tab, check the box next to "Allow service to interact with desktop"
-start it up and test it

Hopefully it works for you, it fixed it for me.

For anyone else reading this, I just installed XAMPP on Vista and had the same problem. The advice to change the Services setting to "Allow service to interact with desktop" worked immediately for me. Thanks brandon_r87.

Just a note, and also a thanks. The work around by Brandon_r87 worked for me.

It appears to be a problem associated with the service packs of xp. After trying to get this going twice in a row.. (total wipe and reinstall xp each time) with service packs in place, this morning I tried installing Xampp before the service packs and it did just fine, then MySQL stopped working after service packs were installed.

Guess the third time (plus help from the forum!) was a charm!

Thanx again for all the work that's put into Xampp and the forum......


.... but fixing this bug could save other folks a lot of time and headaches.

Has it been submitted to the proper folks??? I'm not sure how to do this, but will look into it.

Thanx again

I'd like to confirm the above: Had xampplite installed on WinXP Pro SP2.

Immediately after upgrading to WinXP SP3 I started experiencing the exact same problem.
So if someone's knows where to report this - it pretty much sounds like another Microsoft security aspect that needs to be handled.

Brandon_r87's did the trick for me as well.
Thanks!

brandon_r87 wrote:I resolved this problem this way:

-If you haven't installed mysql as a service yet, do that by running c:\xampp\mysql\mysql_installservice.bat
-Go to the Services Panel (amongst other ways, you can use Start->Run services.msc)
-Find the mysql service, right-click and go to Properties
-on the Log On tab, check the box next to "Allow service to interact with desktop"
-start it up and test it

Hopefully it works for you, it fixed it for me.

That works for me, thx.

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removed non-always-working method...