Apache Friends Support Forum

Hey There Everybody,

I downloaded Xampp today on my windows vista and i installed it everything perfectly.
There was nothing wrong during the installation, but now when i start Apache and Mysql
I get the following:

Apache starts for one second and then shuts down.
Mysql service cannot be started [-1]

Can you please tell me what i can do. This is really important for me.

Thanks a lot in advance.

achugg wrote:...Can you please tell me what i can do.

Yes, you can do a forum search and here are some search tips that may help:
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=32670

hey izzy
i tried searching, but i couldnt find a solution to this problem.

Try this:
Click on
start> then Run...>

then type
sc delete mysql

Click OK

Now reboot and try again to start Apache and MySQL but DO NOT click on the Admin... button next to MySQL or you will have more problems.