MySQL log file? To handle errors

[Etdashou]

Hello,

Today my MySQL service crashed and I don't know exactly why.
I logged in to my server and saw that mysql-nt service crashed.

I needed to stop Apache, and then restart Apache and start mysql services.

I would like to understand why MySQL crashed but I don't see any log file for errors.

Apache does have some in C:\xampp\apache\logs.
But I don't see any for MySQL...

Is there something I don't see? Or something I can do to help me on this problem.

Thank you

My Specs:
###### ApacheFriends XAMPP (basic package) version 1.6.6 ######

Apache 2.2.8
MySQL 5.0.51
PHP 5.2.5 + PHP 4.4.8 rc2 dev + PEAR
PHP-Switch win32 1.0 (please use the "php-switch.bat")
XAMPP Control Version 2.5 from www.nat32.com
XAMPP Security 1.0
SQLite 2.8.15
OpenSSL 0.9.8g
phpMyAdmin 2.11.4
ADOdb 4.96
Mercury Mail Transport System v4.52
FileZilla FTP Server 0.9.25
Webalizer 2.01-10
Zend Optimizer 3.3.0a
eAccelerator 0.9.5.2 for PHP 5.2.5 (comment out in the php.ini)

[Altrea]

There is a mysql.err file in your data folder