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I have just recently installed XAMPP on a Windows 7 laptop and I am able to turn on and off the Apache server, I cannot start MySql. The Svc checkbox is also checked and I cannot uncheck this, however I try but the control panel rechecks it seconds after unchecking the checkbox.
When I try to go to phpMyAdmin I also get the following error:
MySQL said:

#2002 - The server is not responding (or the local MySQL server's socket is not correctly configured)

I prevously had a separate Apache and MySql on this same machine but I have removed them because I couldn't get connected to MySql through PHP, but I could open MySql database separately. I believe XAMPP will definitely help if I can get over this hurdle.

I need to get MySql up and running asap and I cannot seem to get it to run to save my life. Help.

It sounds like you may not have completely removed the old mysql instance. Open a command prompt (Start > Run > cmd) and try issuing the following (requires admin privileges):

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sc delete mysql

I tried:

sc delete mysql
and got:

[SC] OpenService FAILED 5:
Access is denied

I tried this while in the admin account of the computer, any other suggestions?

start the commandline with higher admin priviledges:
type into your windows search bar cmd, you will see the cmd icon on top of the list
hold Ctrl+Shift and click on it.

In that cmd enter the sc delete mysql command

best wishes,
Altrea

Thanks Altrea, that did the trick. I'm up and running. I'm surprised that no one else has run into this problem. Anyway, thanks again!