hi, I also have the same problem:
windows 11
15:01:22 [main] Initializing Control Panel
15:01:22 [main] Windows Version: Home 64-bit
15:01:22 [main] XAMPP Version: 8.0.15
15:01:22 [main] Control Panel Version: 3.3.0 [ Compiled: Apr 6th 2021 ]
15:01:22 [main] Running with Administrator rights - good!
15:01:22 [main] XAMPP Installation Directory: "c:\xampp80\"
15:01:22 [main] Checking for prerequisites
15:01:22 [main] All prerequisites found
15:01:22 [main] Initializing Modules
15:01:22 [main] The FileZilla module is disabled
15:01:22 [main] The Mercury module is disabled
15:01:22 [main] Starting Check-Timer
15:01:22 [main] Control Panel Ready
15:01:25 [Apache] Attempting to start Apache app...
15:01:25 [Apache] Status change detected: running
15:01:34 [mysql] Attempting to start MySQL app...
15:01:34 [mysql] Status change detected: running
15:01:36 [mysql] Status change detected: stopped
15:01:36 [mysql] Error: MySQL shutdown unexpectedly.
15:01:36 [mysql] This may be due to a blocked port, missing dependencies,
15:01:36 [mysql] improper privileges, a crash, or a shutdown by another method.
15:01:36 [mysql] Press the Logs button to view error logs and check
15:01:36 [mysql] the Windows Event Viewer for more clues
15:01:36 [mysql] If you need more help, copy and post this
15:01:36 [mysql] entire log window on the forums
mysql_error.log:
2022-02-16 15:01:34 0 [Note] InnoDB: Mutexes and rw_locks use Windows interlocked functions
2022-02-16 15:01:34 0 [Note] InnoDB: Uses event mutexes
2022-02-16 15:01:34 0 [Note] InnoDB: Compressed tables use zlib 1.2.11
2022-02-16 15:01:34 0 [Note] InnoDB: Number of pools: 1
2022-02-16 15:01:34 0 [Note] InnoDB: Using SSE2 crc32 instructions
2022-02-16 15:01:34 0 [Note] InnoDB: Initializing buffer pool, total size = 16M, instances = 1, chunk size = 16M
2022-02-16 15:01:34 0 [Note] InnoDB: Completed initialization of buffer pool
2022-02-16 15:01:34 0 [Note] InnoDB: 128 out of 128 rollback segments are active.
2022-02-16 15:01:34 0 [Note] InnoDB: Creating shared tablespace for temporary tables
2022-02-16 15:01:34 0 [Note] InnoDB: Setting file '\xampp80\mysql\data\ibtmp1' size to 12 MB. Physically writing the file full; Please wait ...
2022-02-16 15:01:34 0 [Note] InnoDB: File '\xampp80\mysql\data\ibtmp1' size is now 12 MB.
2022-02-16 15:01:34 0 [Note] InnoDB: 10.4.22 started; log sequence number 126114085; transaction id 71805
2022-02-16 15:01:34 0 [Note] InnoDB: Loading buffer pool(s) from C:\xampp80\mysql\data\ib_buffer_pool
2022-02-16 15:01:34 0 [Note] Plugin 'FEEDBACK' is disabled.
2022-02-16 15:01:34 0 [Note] Server socket created on IP: '::'.
can you give me a hand to solve?
thank you
[EDIT by Altrea: splitted from original topic - one topic per unique user and problem rule]