Database wont start

Posted by: Jie D
Date: March 29, 2026 02:34PM

We Recently installed new artifacts on our server and now mysql will not start. any help is appreciated. it told us to copy and paste this in the forums so heres what i got. thank you for any help in advance
4:26:39 PM [main] Initializing Control Panel
4:26:39 PM [main] Windows Version: 64-bit
4:26:39 PM [main] XAMPP Version: 8.2.12
4:26:39 PM [main] Control Panel Version: 3.3.0 [ Compiled: Apr 6th 2021 ]
4:26:39 PM [main] Running with Administrator rights - good!
4:26:39 PM [main] XAMPP Installation Directory: "c:\users\administrator\desktop\xampp\"
4:26:39 PM [main] Checking for prerequisites
4:26:39 PM [main] All prerequisites found
4:26:39 PM [main] Initializing Modules
4:26:39 PM [Apache] XAMPP Apache is already running on port 80
4:26:39 PM [Apache] XAMPP Apache is already running on port 443
4:26:39 PM [mysql] MySQL Service detected with wrong path
4:26:39 PM [mysql] Change XAMPP MySQL and Control Panel settings or
4:26:39 PM [mysql] Uninstall/disable the other service manually first
4:26:39 PM [mysql] Found Path: C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\XAMPP\mysql\bin\mysqld --defaults-file=C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\XAMPP\mysql\bin\my.ini mysql
4:26:39 PM [mysql] Expected Path: c:\users\administrator\desktop\xampp\mysql\bin\mysqld.exe --defaults-file=c:\users\administrator\desktop\xampp\mysql\bin\my.ini mysql
4:26:39 PM [main] The FileZilla module is disabled
4:26:39 PM [main] The Mercury module is disabled
4:26:39 PM [main] The Tomcat module is disabled
4:26:39 PM [main] Enabling autostart for module "Apache"
4:26:39 PM [main] Enabling autostart for module "MySQL"
4:26:39 PM [main] Starting Check-Timer
4:26:39 PM [main] Control Panel Ready
4:26:40 PM [Apache] Autostart aborted: Apache is already running
4:26:40 PM [mysql] Autostart active: starting...
4:26:40 PM [mysql] Attempting to start MySQL service...
4:26:40 PM [mysql] Status change detected: running
4:26:47 PM [mysql] Status change detected: stopped
4:26:47 PM [mysql] Error: MySQL shutdown unexpectedly.
4:26:47 PM [mysql] This may be due to a blocked port, missing dependencies,
4:26:47 PM [mysql] improper privileges, a crash, or a shutdown by another method.
4:26:47 PM [mysql] Press the Logs button to view error logs and check
4:26:47 PM [mysql] the Windows Event Viewer for more clues
4:26:47 PM [mysql] If you need more help, copy and post this
4:26:47 PM [mysql] entire log window on the forums

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