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8:26:24 p. m. [mysql] MySQL Service detected with wrong path
8:26:24 p. m. [mysql] Change XAMPP MySQL and Control Panel settings or
8:26:24 p. m. [mysql] Uninstall/disable the other service manually first
8:26:24 p. m. [mysql] Found Path: "C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\bin\mysqld-nt" --defaults-file="C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\my.ini" MySQL
8:26:24 p. m. [mysql] Expected Path: c:\xampp\mysql\bin\mysqld.exe --defaults-file=c:\xampp\mysql\bin\my.ini mysql

Yu have 2 instalation of Mysql.
What you need is to disable or uninstall the service of mysql 5
Go to C ==> Program Files ==> MySQL Server 5.0 ==> bin
Execute file MySQLInstanceConfig.exe and choice the remove option
After that restart the XAMPP control panel