Mysql won't run (not a port problem)

[Switch01]

Hey guys,

Sorry if this has been asked before but I've just spent the best part of an hour and a half looking through the forum for a fix that works for me and none of them have done so far.

When i run XAMPP both Apache and Filezilla run off the bat but when i try and run Mysql i get this error in my logs.

30304 15:03:33 [Note] Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled.
130304 15:03:33 InnoDB: The InnoDB memory heap is disabled
130304 15:03:33 InnoDB: Mutexes and rw_locks use Windows interlocked functions
130304 15:03:33 InnoDB: Compressed tables use zlib 1.2.3
130304 15:03:33 InnoDB: Initializing buffer pool, size = 16.0M
130304 15:03:33 InnoDB: Completed initialization of buffer pool
130304 15:03:33 InnoDB: highest supported file format is Barracuda.
130304 15:03:34 InnoDB: Waiting for the background threads to start
130304 15:03:35 InnoDB: 1.1.8 started; log sequence number 1595675
130304 15:03:35 [Note] Server hostname (bind-address): '127.0.0.1'; port: 3308
130304 15:03:35 [Note] - '127.0.0.1' resolves to '127.0.0.1';
130304 15:03:35 [Note] Server socket created on IP: '127.0.0.1'.
130304 15:03:35 [ERROR] Fatal error: Can't open and lock privilege tables: Can't find file: 'host' (errno: 2)

which i haven't seen yet elsewhere.

I've tried changing the ports, first to 8080, then when that didn't work to 3308 on both the my.ini and php.ini files, which seems to be the main problem for most people.

I had got WAMP server installed until recently, but i uninstalled everything to do with that to clear way for XAMPP (which is why i needed to change the ports straight away)

Is there anything i can try to make mysql actually run?

Thanks for reading, any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Altrea]

Hi switch,

130304 15:03:35 [ERROR] Fatal error: Can't open and lock privilege tables: Can't find file: 'host' (errno: 2)

seems like your xampp is not installed properly.
Which xampp version do you use (installer, portable, zip, 7z, etc) and how did you installed it?
If you've used zip or 7z version which extractor did you use?

Very common this is an extractor or permission issue (not extracting important 0 byte files).

Best wishes,
Altrea

[Switch01]

I just ran the installer from the website. I've installed it a few times and done it that way each time, would running it from an extractor make a difference?

Thanks
Adam

[JonB]

Many times that is the solution - extract the files and re-locate XAMPP in the root of a drive.

Good Luck