I am new to Xampp, and tried to install it today.
The first time it installed, I then tried to connect but nothing wanted to start up (except the control panel, which I "run as administrator".
I tried to install "Bitnami for Xampp", it did not work. Thinking I made a mistake, I uninstalled, restarted my laptop and tried to reinstall. I got a message to say the Progamfiles(86)/Xampp folder was not empty. (Even though I cannot find it anywhere.)
I created anew folder in Programfiles/xampp and used that as a destination, after I noticed there could be a problem with the programs(86) directory.
I can still bring up the Xamp control panel, managed to start Apache, but cannot install Bitnami, because MySQL would'not start up. This is the message I get:
5:04:49 PM [main] Initializing Control Panel
5:04:49 PM [main] Windows Version: Home 64-bit
5:04:49 PM [main] XAMPP Version: 7.2.1
5:04:49 PM [main] Control Panel Version: 3.2.2 [ Compiled: Nov 12th 2015 ]
5:04:49 PM [main] Running with Administrator rights - good!
5:04:49 PM [main] XAMPP Installation Directory: "c:\program files\xampp\"
5:04:49 PM [main] WARNING: Your install directory contains spaces. This may break programs/scripts
5:04:49 PM [main] Checking for prerequisites
5:04:49 PM [main] All prerequisites found
5:04:49 PM [main] Initializing Modules
5:04:49 PM [main] Enabling autostart for module "Apache"
5:04:49 PM [main] Enabling autostart for module "MySQL"
5:04:49 PM [main] Starting Check-Timer
5:04:49 PM [main] Control Panel Ready
5:04:49 PM [Apache] Autostart active: starting...
5:04:49 PM [Apache] Attempting to start Apache app...
5:04:49 PM [mysql] Autostart active: starting...
5:04:49 PM [mysql] Attempting to start MySQL app...
5:04:51 PM [mysql] Status change detected: running
5:04:51 PM [mysql] Status change detected: stopped
5:04:51 PM [mysql] Error: MySQL shutdown unexpectedly.
5:04:51 PM [mysql] This may be due to a blocked port, missing dependencies,
5:04:51 PM [mysql] improper privileges, a crash, or a shutdown by another method.
5:04:51 PM [mysql] Press the Logs button to view error logs and check
5:04:51 PM [mysql] the Windows Event Viewer for more clues
5:04:51 PM [mysql] If you need more help, copy and post this
5:04:51 PM [mysql] entire log window on the forums
Can anybody help?