XAMPP start on startup

[SunMar]

Hi,

I've been trying to get XAMPP to start when my systems boots (or I login with my user account, either which is fine) but have been unsuccessfull. If I install Apache and MySQL as a service, these services can be automatically started (which works) but this does not start the XAMPP Control Panel, nor does it start the Mercury mail client (which I want to start on boot as well).

Currently what I've tried to do is in the XAMPP Control Panel go to 'Service', check 'Run XAMPP Control Panel as a Service', check 'Start these modules:' Apache, MySql, Mercury, use System Account and check 'Allow Desktop interaction'. This however does not seem to do anything.
I have unchecked the Svc checkboxes in front of Apache, MySql and FileZilla (the checkbox in front of Mercury is grayed out).

If I go to SCM and try to start the 'XAMPP Service' manually I get the notification:
"The XAMPP Service service on Local Computer started and then stopped. Some services stop automatically if they are not in use by other services or programs."

Starting all the services manually works, they are all up and running so there doesn't seem to be a configuration issue as far as Apache, MySQL and Mercury are concerned.

In the end I don't really care that much for the XAMPP Control Panel to start automatically, but I do want Mercury to start automatically.
Is there any way to accomplish this, or figure out why the XAMPP Service won't start properly?

I'm using XAMPP 1.7.0 on Vista.

Regards,

Marijn.

[geekazine]

I am having the same issue. I am on XP with XAMPP 1.7.0. The error report:

C:\DOCUME~1\Jeff\LOCALS~1\Temp\WER62f6.dir00\mysqld.exe.mdmp
C:\DOCUME~1\Jeff\LOCALS~1\Temp\WER62f6.dir00\appcompat.txt

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
<DATABASE>
<EXE NAME="mysqld.exe" FILTER="GRABMI_FILTER_PRIVACY">
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="echo.exe" SIZE="156288" CHECKSUM="0xF6CE9F52" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x2E367" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" LINK_DATE="11/15/2008 04:37:54" UPTO_LINK_DATE="11/15/2008 04:37:54" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="libmysql.dll" SIZE="2260992" CHECKSUM="0x16C4E6C0" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x0" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" LINK_DATE="11/15/2008 04:45:49" UPTO_LINK_DATE="11/15/2008 04:45:49" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="msvcr80.dll" SIZE="626688" CHECKSUM="0x40734795" BIN_FILE_VERSION="8.0.50727.42" BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="8.0.50727.42" PRODUCT_VERSION="8.00.50727.42" FILE_DESCRIPTION="Microsoft® C Runtime Library" COMPANY_NAME="Microsoft Corporation" PRODUCT_NAME="Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005" FILE_VERSION="8.00.50727.42" ORIGINAL_FILENAME="MSVCR80.DLL" INTERNAL_NAME="MSVCR80.DLL" LEGAL_COPYRIGHT="© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved." VERFILEDATEHI="0x0" VERFILEDATELO="0x0" VERFILEOS="0x40004" VERFILETYPE="0x2" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x9DE1F" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" UPTO_BIN_FILE_VERSION="8.0.50727.42" UPTO_BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="8.0.50727.42" LINK_DATE="09/23/2005 06:44:37" UPTO_LINK_DATE="09/23/2005 06:44:37" VER_LANGUAGE="English (United States) [0x409]" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="myisamchk.exe" SIZE="1999488" CHECKSUM="0x54EC3D3A" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x1EDB88" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" LINK_DATE="11/15/2008 04:41:12" UPTO_LINK_DATE="11/15/2008 04:41:12" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="myisamlog.exe" SIZE="1888896" CHECKSUM="0xBE72C1DB" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x1CE7FA" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" LINK_DATE="11/15/2008 04:41:08" UPTO_LINK_DATE="11/15/2008 04:41:08" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="myisampack.exe" SIZE="1917568" CHECKSUM="0x3B52CFBC" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x1E0ED3" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" LINK_DATE="11/15/2008 04:41:06" UPTO_LINK_DATE="11/15/2008 04:41:06" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="myisam_ftdump.exe" SIZE="1876608" CHECKSUM="0x91ED75EB" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x1D19B4" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" LINK_DATE="11/15/2008 04:41:14" UPTO_LINK_DATE="11/15/2008 04:41:14" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="mysql.exe" SIZE="2253440" CHECKSUM="0x9C799FDC" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x2322EA" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" LINK_DATE="11/15/2008 04:40:56" UPTO_LINK_DATE="11/15/2008 04:40:56" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="mysqladmin.exe" SIZE="2192000" CHECKSUM="0xE175FED3" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x21E10D" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" LINK_DATE="11/15/2008 04:41:18" UPTO_LINK_DATE="11/15/2008 04:41:18" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="mysqlbinlog.exe" SIZE="2278016" CHECKSUM="0x5902E8E3" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x231954" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" LINK_DATE="11/15/2008 04:41:02" UPTO_LINK_DATE="11/15/2008 04:41:02" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="mysqlcheck.exe" SIZE="2187904" CHECKSUM="0x9CBCE8D2" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x22278E" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" LINK_DATE="11/15/2008 04:40:47" UPTO_LINK_DATE="11/15/2008 04:40:47" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="mysqld-debug.exe" SIZE="10576512" CHECKSUM="0x67700F06" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0xA1A165" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" LINK_DATE="11/15/2008 04:52:08" UPTO_LINK_DATE="11/15/2008 04:52:08" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="mysqld.exe" SIZE="6447744" CHECKSUM="0x85E85C9" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x636222" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" LINK_DATE="11/15/2008 04:44:45" UPTO_LINK_DATE="11/15/2008 04:44:45" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="mysqldump.exe" SIZE="2241152" CHECKSUM="0x651A698" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x230712" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" LINK_DATE="11/15/2008 04:40:44" UPTO_LINK_DATE="11/15/2008 04:40:44" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="mysqlimport.exe" SIZE="2179712" CHECKSUM="0x950FC05C" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x21BF2A" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" LINK_DATE="11/15/2008 04:40:40" UPTO_LINK_DATE="11/15/2008 04:40:40" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="mysqlmanager.exe" SIZE="2228864" CHECKSUM="0x9AC7E6CC" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x227AC2" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" LINK_DATE="11/15/2008 04:45:02" UPTO_LINK_DATE="11/15/2008 04:45:02" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="mysqlshow.exe" SIZE="2183808" CHECKSUM="0x6AEC745F" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x224AE5" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" LINK_DATE="11/15/2008 04:40:36" UPTO_LINK_DATE="11/15/2008 04:40:36" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="mysqlslap.exe" SIZE="2191360" CHECKSUM="0x1CC8B95" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x0" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" LINK_DATE="11/15/2008 04:41:20" UPTO_LINK_DATE="11/15/2008 04:41:20" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="mysqltest.exe" SIZE="2318976" CHECKSUM="0x3DE9008E" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x2362F3" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" LINK_DATE="11/15/2008 04:40:51" UPTO_LINK_DATE="11/15/2008 04:40:51" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="mysql_client_test.exe" SIZE="2514944" CHECKSUM="0xD5A92114" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x0" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" LINK_DATE="11/15/2008 04:45:07" UPTO_LINK_DATE="11/15/2008 04:45:07" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="mysql_upgrade.exe" SIZE="1708672" CHECKSUM="0x419AEC15" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x1A50CE" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" LINK_DATE="11/15/2008 04:45:20" UPTO_LINK_DATE="11/15/2008 04:45:20" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="my_print_defaults.exe" SIZE="1634304" CHECKSUM="0xEE36565B" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x0" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" LINK_DATE="11/15/2008 04:41:24" UPTO_LINK_DATE="11/15/2008 04:41:24" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="perror.exe" SIZE="1617920" CHECKSUM="0xFBAA199F" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x0" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" LINK_DATE="11/15/2008 04:41:23" UPTO_LINK_DATE="11/15/2008 04:41:23" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="replace.exe" SIZE="1630208" CHECKSUM="0x4E89DF2" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x0" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" LINK_DATE="11/15/2008 04:38:06" UPTO_LINK_DATE="11/15/2008 04:38:06" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="resolveip.exe" SIZE="1613824" CHECKSUM="0xD86BA23C" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x0" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" LINK_DATE="11/15/2008 04:41:22" UPTO_LINK_DATE="11/15/2008 04:41:22" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="winmysqladmin.exe" SIZE="936448" CHECKSUM="0xA9265E53" BIN_FILE_VERSION="1.0.0.0" BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="1.0.0.0" PRODUCT_VERSION="1.0.0.0" FILE_DESCRIPTION="Administrator Tool for Win32" COMPANY_NAME="MySQL AB" PRODUCT_NAME="WinMySQLadmin" FILE_VERSION="1.0.0.0" ORIGINAL_FILENAME="" INTERNAL_NAME="WinMySQLadmin" LEGAL_COPYRIGHT="Read Public File" VERFILEDATEHI="0x0" VERFILEDATELO="0x0" VERFILEOS="0x4" VERFILETYPE="0x1" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x0" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" UPTO_BIN_FILE_VERSION="1.0.0.0" UPTO_BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="1.0.0.0" LINK_DATE="12/17/2002 03:23:20" UPTO_LINK_DATE="12/17/2002 03:23:20" VER_LANGUAGE="Portuguese (Brazil) [0x416]" />
</EXE>
<EXE NAME="kernel32.dll" FILTER="GRABMI_FILTER_THISFILEONLY">
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="kernel32.dll" SIZE="989696" CHECKSUM="0x7D737C09" BIN_FILE_VERSION="5.1.2600.5512" BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="5.1.2600.5512" PRODUCT_VERSION="5.1.2600.5512" FILE_DESCRIPTION="Windows NT BASE API Client DLL" COMPANY_NAME="Microsoft Corporation" PRODUCT_NAME="Microsoft® Windows® Operating System" FILE_VERSION="5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2111)" ORIGINAL_FILENAME="kernel32" INTERNAL_NAME="kernel32" LEGAL_COPYRIGHT="© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved." VERFILEDATEHI="0x0" VERFILEDATELO="0x0" VERFILEOS="0x40004" VERFILETYPE="0x2" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0xF44A2" LINKER_VERSION="0x50001" UPTO_BIN_FILE_VERSION="5.1.2600.5512" UPTO_BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="5.1.2600.5512" LINK_DATE="04/14/2008 00:11:24" UPTO_LINK_DATE="04/14/2008 00:11:24" VER_LANGUAGE="English (United States) [0x409]" />
</EXE>
</DATABASE>

The Manifest

Server=watson.microsoft.com
UI LCID=1033
Flags=1674064
Brand=WINDOWS
TitleName=mysqld.exe
DigPidRegPath=HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\DigitalProductId
ErrorText=If you were in the middle of something, the information you were working on might be lost.
Stage1URL=
Stage1URL=/StageOne/mysqld_exe/0_0_0_0/mysqld_exe/0_0_0_0/002b8853.htm
Stage2URL=
Stage2URL=/dw/stagetwo.asp?szAppName=mysqld.exe&szAppVer=0.0.0.0&szModName=mysqld.exe&szModVer=0.0.0.0&offset=002b8853
DataFiles=C:\DOCUME~1\Jeff\LOCALS~1\Temp\WER2c92.dir00\mysqld.exe.mdmp|C:\DOCUME~1\Jeff\LOCALS~1\Temp\WER2c92.dir00\appcompat.txt
Heap=C:\DOCUME~1\Jeff\LOCALS~1\Temp\WER2c92.dir00\mysqld.exe.hdmp
ErrorSubPath=mysqld.exe\0.0.0.0\mysqld.exe\0.0.0.0\002b8853
DirectoryDelete=C:\DOCUME~1\Jeff\LOCALS~1\Temp\WER2c92.dir00