I just installed XAMPP 1.8.1 for windows on my Windows 7 Home premium computer. When I start the control panel I get this error>
MySQL Service detected with wrong path
Change XAMPP MySQL settings or
Uninstall/disable the other service manually first
Found Path: "C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\bin\mysqld" --defaults-file="C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\my.ini" MySQL
Expected Path: c:\xampp\mysql\bin\mysqld.exe --defaults-file=c:\xampp\mysql\bin\my.ini mysql
And I when I try to start mysql it just says>attempting to start mysql service... but it never starts.
Then when I go to the localhost page and click on the status link it says that the mysql database is disabled.
And when I click on the phpmyadmin link i get "Access denied">Error MySQL said:
2002 - No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.
The server is not responding (or the local server's socket is not correctly configured). Connection for controluser as defined in your configuration failed.
But when I look at phpinfo i think it says its there>
MySQL Support enabled
Active Persistent Links 0
Active Links 0
Client API version mysqlnd 5.0.10 - 20111026 - $Id: b0b3b15c693b7f6aeb3aa66b646fee339f175e39 $
Directive Local Value Master Value
mysql.allow_local_infile On On
mysql.allow_persistent On On
mysql.connect_timeout 3 3
mysql.default_host no value no value
mysql.default_password no value no value
mysql.default_port 3306 3306
mysql.default_socket MySQL MySQL
mysql.default_user no value no value
mysql.max_links Unlimited Unlimited
mysql.max_persistent Unlimited Unlimited
mysql.trace_mode Off Off
I'm new to using an AMP or any of it's components actually. I usually just work with my hosting service for my website which has everything configured already. But I want to develop at home and then upload to my hosting service after to make it easier. I tried Wampserver but couldn't get that to work either. Any help please, thank you.